Lightspeed revisited

[Covenant]

Its odd how things come and go in hifi. A couple of years ago everyone got excited about the Lightspeed Attenuator and then it sort of fizzled away.
Its a shame because its a great addition for very little money. This week I took mine out of my system for a week just to see if I missed it. Well I did-big style. As soon as I reconnected it the soundstage widened and deepened.
So, to anyone looking for a mini-project for the winter please read the Lightspeed thread, you won't be disappointed.

[Puffin]

Seconded.

[nat8808]

What did you replace it with? And is that the attenuator using LED's onto LDRs?

Someone I met via Ebay (buying their turntable) has some top-end equipment and was talking about transparency of his DartZeel pre-amp. On reading about them, they use light as the control mechanism (opto-couplers probably) to change the entry point into a resistor ladder - effectively a stepped, hardwired attenuator but with no contacts.. Was briefly trying to think how they work.

[Covenant]

Sorry, I had forgotten about this thread. I didn't replace it with anything as my amp is integrated. You should read the propert thread here:http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3598&highlight=Lightspeed