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Post by Jean Genie on Mar 19, 2014 16:40:50 GMT -5
[/quote]A: Whereever you had it at. It's completely manual.
C: 25-35 feet? Yes. With a passive the shorter cable the better. [/quote]
Thanks Mr. G.
Would XLRs @ 25' -35' be less detrimental to SQ, do you think?
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Post by garbulky on Mar 19, 2014 17:13:09 GMT -5
A: Whereever you had it at. It's completely manual. C: 25-35 feet? Yes. With a passive the shorter cable the better. [/quote] Thanks Mr. G. Would XLRs @ 25' -35' be less detrimental to SQ, do you think? [/quote] I don't know. |
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Post by peterk on Mar 21, 2014 14:13:51 GMT -5
Would this work on the input side of a Gen 1 XPA series amp as a variable attenuator? Expecting issues with my new very high efficiency speakers when running room correction in receiver as the gain is so high in the Gen 1 series amps.
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Post by garbulky on Mar 21, 2014 15:17:54 GMT -5
Would this work on the input side of a Gen 1 XPA series amp as a variable attenuator? Expecting issues with my new very high efficiency speakers when running room correction in receiver as the gain is so high in the Gen 1 series amps. YES! |
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Post by bootman on Mar 21, 2014 17:37:10 GMT -5
Would this work on the input side of a Gen 1 XPA series amp as a variable attenuator? Expecting issues with my new very high efficiency speakers when running room correction in receiver as the gain is so high in the Gen 1 series amps. That is an excellent use of this product. Let us know how that works out for you! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2014 19:35:38 GMT -5
Would this work in place of an "attenuator"? The Gain is high on my Parasound 2100 had to put two -12dbs attenuators at the out put of the 2100, couldn't get the volume pass 10 o'clock on it until
I used the attenuator. So I was thinking this would do a much better job of it from what I have read up on it would seem I will be able to -/+ more or less to even passed -12dbs what you guys think?
would it work?
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Post by redog on Mar 21, 2014 19:38:19 GMT -5
I literally spent months trying to find a product like this a few years ago. Only wished it had remote!
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Post by garbulky on Mar 21, 2014 20:00:01 GMT -5
Would this work in place of an "attenuator"? The Gain is high on my Parasound 2100 had to put two -12dbs attenuators at the out put of the 2100, couldn't get the volume pass 10 o'clock on it until I used the attenuator. So I was thinking this would do a much better job of it from what I have read up on it would seem I will be able to -/+ more or less to even passed -12dbs what you guys think? would it work? Mike YES IT WILL. And if you noticed coloration from the two 12 db attenuators (24 db of attenuation) - i sure did when I tried it - you will not notice this coloration in the passive pre-amp. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2014 20:59:43 GMT -5
garbulky.Thanks going order one right now. Your right putting one on each channel out put gives you a total of 24 db didn't think of that.Thanks garbulky!
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Post by a2058 on Mar 21, 2014 21:11:06 GMT -5
I guess if one owns an XDA-1 with the lossy digital volume control, this is kind of needed... Nice, make us pay more for what should have been included in the first place.
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Post by aduncanson on Mar 22, 2014 12:31:29 GMT -5
I literally spent months trying to find a product like this a few years ago. Only wished it had remote! The discontinued Creek OBH-12 was a motorized passive volume control with remote. |
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Post by aduncanson on Mar 22, 2014 12:56:55 GMT -5
I guess if one owns an XDA-1 with the lossy digital volume control, this is kind of needed... Nice, make us pay more for what should have been included in the first place. I recently added a Firestone Audio Bravo DSP re-clocker with 96kHz USB capability to my XDA-1. If I add this (as I am tempted), I will have spent most of the cost of an XDA-2 upgrading my XDA-1. Oh well, these are just sunk costs. |
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Post by aduncanson on Mar 22, 2014 13:58:16 GMT -5
Looks pretty cool and the price seems perfect. A couple questions. Does anyone know: A: When connected to an amp, is the Volume zeroed out at system startup or is it wherever you had it at turnoff? 2: How long are the cables? C: Will adding, say, a 25'or 35'cable to the device degrade SQ? Thanks, A: Whereever you had it at. It's completely manual. C: 25-35 feet? Yes. With a passive the shorter cable the better. Some how question 2 seems to be just too difficult to answer. |
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Post by Gary Cook on Mar 22, 2014 14:33:36 GMT -5
Would this work in place of an "attenuator"? The Gain is high on my Parasound 2100 had to put two -12dbs attenuators at the out put of the 2100, couldn't get the volume pass 10 o'clock on it until I used the attenuator. So I was thinking this would do a much better job of it from what I have read up on it would seem I will be able to -/+ more or less to even passed -12dbs what you guys think? would it work? Mike YES IT WILL. And if you noticed coloration from the two 12 db attenuators (24 db of attenuation) - i sure did when I tried it - you will not notice this coloration in the passive pre-amp. Why colourisation from the attenuators but not from a CF? Cheers Gary |
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Post by garbulky on Mar 22, 2014 14:56:24 GMT -5
YES IT WILL. And if you noticed coloration from the two 12 db attenuators (24 db of attenuation) - i sure did when I tried it - you will not notice this coloration in the passive pre-amp. Why colourisation from the attenuators but not from a CF? Cheers Gary I couldn't tell you. CF is a variable resistor more or less so it should be identical except in practise ,it's not to me. But if you notice any coloration from using attenuators, it's not present or at least as much with the potentiometer. At least that's been my experience having used 6, 12 and 24 db resistors and comparing them to my passive pre-amp (simple potentiometer). If you don't notice any coloration then of course disregard this statement  |
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Post by Darksky on Mar 23, 2014 0:07:55 GMT -5
My Control Freak arrived in the mail today.. I set it up on my Son's system tonight. It works flawlessly. It is just perfect for his application. I can now run the CD player directly to the amp woithout anything else in the chain ( except the Control Freak ).
Another home run Emo !
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2014 2:12:01 GMT -5
I just wish they had chosen a different name for it. Control Freak reminds me too much of my ex-wife and her mother.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2014 8:05:03 GMT -5
How would I hook this up between xda1 and am4's?
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Post by brubacca on Mar 23, 2014 8:49:22 GMT -5
Could you use the control freak to tame the large steps in volume of the usp-1 remote?
I had to take my usp-1 out of service in my TV room because the remote volume had too large a change in volume. It was alway to loud or too soft. Could I use a Control Freak between my usp-1 and upa-200 to tame this behavior? I was thinking that by reducing the gain at the amp I could make the volume changes a bit finer on usp-1 remote.
Anybody try this?
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Post by mercury on Mar 23, 2014 9:35:34 GMT -5
I think the CF would be a great add on to your XDA-1 and AM4. Either get the bal or unbal CF., you would need an extra pair of RCA or XLR cable to connect going to the AM4. Ordered both CF ,will arrive by monday.
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