seanadams;467358 Wrote: 
> I don't mean to give the manufacturer too hard of a time, in fact it
> looks like a reasonable product and I think just a pot might be OK for
> many situations. But it is no panacea... personally I would prefer a)
> full level signals going into an amp with a gain knob on it or b) an
> active preamp with very low noise floor or c) stepped attenuation using
> quality metal film resistors.  In roughly that order of preference,
> using a few dB of digital attenuation in the TP as needed.
Thank you Sean for explaining, I understand better now. :)
I wonder whether  stepped attenuation is packed in a (simple) consumer
product.


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