Originally Posted by
anthonyTD
A pasive working in a real world situation will only be as good as the matching of the impedances of both the source and power amp!
Also cable capacitance, type of cables, and the length of said cables will all have a marked affect on conventional passive attenuators.
So, taking these variables into account, IMHO, and from experience, the majority of folk who try a passive [conventional potentiometer, or switched attenuator] will not experience fully' the seemingly attractive merits of such simple attenuation...