Haselsh1
12-11-2010, 14:23
Today, Friday 12th November 2010, I managed to get my slightly redundant Croft Series Seven power amp fixed and up and running again but as a part of this process, I fitted a pair of Goldenjacks -14db attenuators to the pre amp input of the CD output. Now due to the fact that it is almost impossible to set a decent volume and balance on the Croft due to the over sensitive input I have found these attenuators an absolute Godsend.
Playing Acoustic Alchemy’s CD ‘This Way’, I have found the new setup to be a total revelation. During the title tracks middle eight section I can detect very low mixed vocals that I have never heard before and the main acoustic guitar at the forefront of the mix stops and starts very precisely. Quite why this should be I have no idea as I don’t fully understand the mechanics of electronics nor the black art of hi-fi but there is very definitely a big difference. The whole sound is now a lot more easy and less overpowering and brash with a rather delicate edge to everything.
The overall volume is of course much lower than it was previously but at least I now have a decent level of control of the volume pots and given that I mainly listen to low level chillout music and jazz these days this arrangement suits me very well. The attenuators were bought via the Goldenjacks website for which I have completely forgotten the link.
Playing Acoustic Alchemy’s CD ‘This Way’, I have found the new setup to be a total revelation. During the title tracks middle eight section I can detect very low mixed vocals that I have never heard before and the main acoustic guitar at the forefront of the mix stops and starts very precisely. Quite why this should be I have no idea as I don’t fully understand the mechanics of electronics nor the black art of hi-fi but there is very definitely a big difference. The whole sound is now a lot more easy and less overpowering and brash with a rather delicate edge to everything.
The overall volume is of course much lower than it was previously but at least I now have a decent level of control of the volume pots and given that I mainly listen to low level chillout music and jazz these days this arrangement suits me very well. The attenuators were bought via the Goldenjacks website for which I have completely forgotten the link.