Are there passive attenuators that don't zero volume and only offer one input ?


I am not sure how many people would like those features, but its worth asking in case someone would try to sell such a thing.

Which is to say it is essential I should think  to be able to zero volume, and have more than one input, do you agree ? 
dbxrecord
I owned the Placette Passive and one of my friends still owns one. They are fantastic. Mine was a 4 input, one output version. My friend's unit is a 3 input, 2 output unit.

I would still have it, except I decided to go to an integrated amp to free up some audio rack real estate.


The S3 ’s are widely all over the place, almost impossible to get few "quad matched sets" to do a Lightspeed properly with close to zero volume low volume, unless they are forced matched with servo feedback arrangement and by over driving some which "raises the distortion substantially" to meet the others which will kill them over a very short period.

NZ shysters
Chris Daley? JAVA ldr passive preamplifier $3.5K!!!!!!


The S3 's are widely all over the place, almost impossible to get few "quad matched sets" to do a Lightspeed properly with close to zero volume low volume, unless they are forced matched with servo feedback arrangement and by over driving some which "raises the distortion substantially" to meet the others which will kill them over a very short period.



Actually the SR3 are better in my experience than the SR2S for matching. There is no need either, to use servo feedback arrangements.
Keeping current 3ma for the whole circuit is the key. Sweeping between lowest volume and highest should achieve variance of just 2.78ma to 3ma , for the entire circuit, encompassing the load of 4x NSL32SR3 

There is no need to go any higher at all, which keeps distortion extremely low, and achieves much better stability with cell resistance. 

R(on) of 20ma per device, or anywhere near that figure, is thus neatly avoided .   





Whatever, why did you start this thread, if you know all the answers 
The S3 ’s are widely all over the place, almost impossible to get few "quad matched sets" to do a Lightspeed properly with close to zero volume low volume, unless they are forced matched with servo feedback arrangement and by over driving some which "raises the distortion substantially" to meet the others which will kill them over a very short period.

NZ shysters
Chris Daley? JAVA ldr passive preamplifier $3.5K!!!!!!

I have no association with either name, please stick to the subject rather than libel.