Passive pre amps

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited May 2009
    If I ever went passive again, it would be another Placette. The level control in the Placette is the real winner---absolute linearity, at any setting.

    At first I thought "a thousand bucks for this thing? You gotta be kidding." After I bit the bullet and bought/listened to one, that changed to "only a thousand bucks for this thing? You gotta be kidding."

    Seriously.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited May 2009
    Face wrote: »
    It's an older Goldpoint stepped attenuator in a custom case.
    Is it a 10k ohm or 25k ohm or higher?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited May 2009
    The one pictured above is 10k, I'm not sure what my others are.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited June 2009
    Mike or Jake -

    Would replacing the volume pot in my B1 be as simple as replacing it with a stepped attenuator of similar ohm rating?
    Wristwatch--->Crisco
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2009
    Yes, I believe so.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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