Attenuator Thread

General discussion, shit shooting, banter and sexual innuendo

Moderator: The Captain

User avatar
Dr Tony Balls
Posts: 2330
Joined: Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:42 pm
Location: Brooklyn

Attenuator Thread

Post by Dr Tony Balls »

I'm moving apartments and can no longer be full bore full volume with amps all the time so i'll be getting an attenuator soon to get me by when I need it. Need something capable of use with amps up to 100W RMS. Does anyone have recommendations for attenuators they like, and why?
User avatar
Doc Holliday
Posts: 3262
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:41 pm
Location: UK West Midlands

Re: Attenuator Thread

Post by Doc Holliday »

I think Toneking are re-releasing their iron man big box.
It’s super pricey but... I hear it’s the real deal.
User avatar
Coolhand78
Posts: 1109
Joined: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:13 am

Re: Attenuator Thread

Post by Coolhand78 »

I have an alex's and its great, couldn't live without it...!
I'm told the aracom is the ducks nuts however I've not tried one...
"Yorkshire isn't a place. Yorkshire is a state of mind." ~ Howard Moon
User avatar
Laservampire
Posts: 816
Joined: Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:34 pm
Location: Melbourne Australia

Re: Attenuator Thread

Post by Laservampire »

Doc Holliday wrote: Tue Jul 24, 2018 6:46 am I think Toneking are re-releasing their iron man big box.
It’s super pricey but... I hear it’s the real deal.
Toneking shit is top notch, I’m borrowing my friends Falcon at the moment and it’s the tits.
Ben
User avatar
pulse.
Posts: 794
Joined: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:26 pm
Location: Heraklion, Greece

Re: Attenuator Thread

Post by pulse. »

For a couple of years now I have a Fryette Power Station and I can't say enough good things about it.
The feel of the amp is there, even when the attenuation is more than it should.
User avatar
Sauniere
Posts: 1218
Joined: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:48 am
Location: Brooklyn

Re: Attenuator Thread

Post by Sauniere »

Coolhand78 wrote: Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:56 am I have an alex's and its great, couldn't live without it...!
I'm told the aracom is the ducks nuts however I've not tried one...
Had an Alex. It was great. They’re now being manufactured and sold through Scumback Speakers.

Had a Aracom as well. The Aracom hides nothing! A lot of attenuators will change the tone a bit, taking some high end and artifacts and compressing things a touch. Everything gets reproduced with the Aracom, good or bad.

They’re kind of old hat now though. Been a lot of attenuators released, although I haven’t tried anything since the 2 above.
User avatar
daCod
Posts: 9900
Joined: Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:01 pm
Location: BunzTown NE

Re: Attenuator Thread

Post by daCod »

can you, just, build one?

balls attenuator. can call it the castrator?
if you're ever in the shit, grab my tit
i like pedals when you know they're on
When I saw you with that lost look on your face saying you had just saw ET, I thought "uh oh, game over" - innerflight
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")
User avatar
Dr Tony Balls
Posts: 2330
Joined: Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:42 pm
Location: Brooklyn

Re: Attenuator Thread

Post by Dr Tony Balls »

daCod wrote: Tue Jul 24, 2018 7:35 pm can you, just, build one?

balls attenuator. can call it the castrator?
Conceivably, yes. Problem being that i'm unaware of any vetted, good schematics for such a thing that suit my needs (100W), and i'm not personally familiar with the tech enough to assure myself that I wont be ruining any output transformers.
User avatar
redeyeflight
Posts: 6939
Joined: Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:48 pm
Location: Seattle

Re: Attenuator Thread

Post by redeyeflight »

Doesn't badcat make an attenuator that can also act as a reamp/digital power amp? Those always looked cool to me.
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")
User avatar
superslidetail
Posts: 1303
Joined: Mon Apr 07, 2014 6:06 pm
Location: PA, USA

Re: Attenuator Thread

Post by superslidetail »

the Unleash?
Orange Haze...it ain't Purple no more...
Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 11 guests