How handy are you with a soldering iron? I recently direct wired a very good quality stepped attenuator into my CD player. I mounted it inside the chasis with a long shaft to a volume control knob on the face plate. It is directly fed into a CJ amp. Works very well and I am very satisfied.
The cons can be mismatched impedances, which you can prevent and elimination of future flexibilty in your system. But this process is reversible should you want to go back to a preamp.
The cons can be mismatched impedances, which you can prevent and elimination of future flexibilty in your system. But this process is reversible should you want to go back to a preamp.