I have some home brew Usher full range speakers driven by Monarchy Audio amps. I recently added an additional pair of 8" Usher woofers in separate cabinets powered by an Emotiva XPA-200 amp. I use an attenuator (noble volume pot) to adjust the signal level feeding the Emotiva amp. I love this set up since can adjust the amount of bass I supplement to the main speakers relative to the music I'm listening to.
Volume control for power amp
Hi and thanks for reading this post.
I have a 3-way active set up at the moment with one amp driving the tweeters, another amp driving the bass units and a quad 405-3 power amp driving the mids.
The problem is that there is too much midrange information coming through the speakers and with the quad being a power amp only there is no volume control to adjust the sensitviity.
I am thinking of soldering a resistor across the positive and negative terminals of the phono input (screened cable) of the quad in an attempt to lower the volume a little.
Do you think this is a good idea, if so what value resistor should i use.
Many thanks in advance. John.