Top 10 low gain line stages

HI Scott,

Can you provide more context on your system (i.e., amp, speakers, ICs, etc.)? Also, do you have a price range? This would be helpful to know in terms of a recommendation.

The Lampizator should work well with a passive, if that is the direction you choose to go (subject to your cables and amp).

I had a similar issue to yours (too much gain from the source for my Doshi preamp), and tried the attenuator route, but would not recommend it - I found them colored and they reduced overall resolution of the system.

ARC will lower the gain of some of their line stages (around the LS-15 and LS-16 era, I believe) from 18dB to just 12.

Krell makes preamplifiers with only 8 volts out max, I believe all of the new ones are, hope this helps.

Let you know soon.

I am just going to try the passive route, thanks