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Any Amps with Volume control??

I just use a CD player in my system and would like to find an amp that has volume control. My CD player does not (the old one did, maybe I should have kept it) and I don't know if this is even something that is produced. If any are available, do they sound good? Is there another way around this without using an integrated or preamp? Thanks!
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kkirkpac099
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I'm pretty sure McIntosh does this as well as Bryston's pro line. Another option is something like the Mark Levinson #39 CD player that has a high-quality remote volume control built in.
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justlisten
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Parasound, Hafler, Audiocontrol make some...why not avoid this a buy a pair of $250EVS attenuaotors or some other passive attenuator? I have a Luminous Audio volume control which is incredible sonically and cost me $90 used, and $185 new
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kriskosiba
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I don't know what your price range is but David Berning makes an amplifier with a very high quality volume control. The model # is the ZH270. I have heard this thing and it is amazing. In fact David Berning designed it to be used direct from source. This amp is like the Swiss army knife of amplifiers, in that you can also adjust the feedback for desired listening tastes. It is an otl tube amp that produces 70 watts into 8 ohms. It is quite expensive, will run $4500 big ones, but man is it worth it.
mattman
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some of the older Carver amps have volume controls them
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dekay
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If you can get by on 12 tube watts per channel, Audion has a little amp with one line input and a volume pot. I would call it an integrated though. It is a nice sounding amp and retails for around $1200.00. I would only buy it new as there have been some good upgrades performed in the past six months on the model and you would want an up to date version.
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