Best In-Line Attenuators?

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Hello

Ive heard a lot about the 'Rothwell In-Line Attenuator', Are there any other alternative In-Line Attenuators that i could look into?

A few reviews of the 'Rothwell In-Line Attenuator' portray the device as working very well to indeed to sort volume control issues etc.

However according to the review, their can be a negative effect on the sound, in terms of the loss of 'attack' and 'excitement'

They felt that if the 'Rothwell In-Line Attenuator' made use of higher-end 'Audiophile' components that it might be able to reduce this negative effect it has on sound quality. Review link is below.

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0803/rothwell.htm

The Product would be used on my Rotel RC-1082, that has very high 150mV Input Sensitivity.

I can only use the first 1/4 of the Volume Control before volume levels get to high!

I would be interested to hear about other alternatives to this product.

Thanks in advance

 

[Anonymous]

If there's no distortion, you don't need an attenuator. I have the same thing on my NAD - seems to be a problem with using cheap volume pots.

 

[idc]

Have a look at Goldenjacks and the Russ Andrews attenuator the latter being rather expensive.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks For the Replies

Hmm, i would be interested to see how much difference, if any 'Russ Andrews Attenuator' makes., for the significant extra costs.

I feel another thread coming on hehe

Cheers