If it were me I'd shy away from buying an attenuator until going over the entire system architecture from top to bottom and, as thoroughly as possible, give it the full measure of attention paid to impedence and gain matching that (from what you've described) was evidently never successfully done to start with. Review and replace any and all components that can be said to be violating Ohm's Law so that you'll be able to get back to square one and you won't be eternally confronted with trying to buy expensive bandaids to put on something that needs surgery, knowwhaddamean, Verne?? I really think this is actually the best way forward for anyone in this situation and it will give you better performance for it, to boot!
Will An Attenuator Help Reduce This Hiss?
i've got a little bit of tweeter 'HASSSHHHH' that i'm looking to reduce. as soon as i turn on the amp and preamp it becomes audible. placing the preamp into standby, mute, or on an unused input does nothing to change the level. changing the volume of the preamp does nothing to change the level. the only thing i've found that changes it is fully powering down the preamp - this eliminates it entirely.
i've been advised to insert a line level attenuator (endler, goldenjack, etc) between the amp and preamp at the amp inputs to bleed off some gain and reduce this noise.
will an attenuator reduce the 'HASSSHHHH' sound when reducing the level, or even muting the preamp, does not change things at all?
thanks for any inputs,
Scott
i've been advised to insert a line level attenuator (endler, goldenjack, etc) between the amp and preamp at the amp inputs to bleed off some gain and reduce this noise.
will an attenuator reduce the 'HASSSHHHH' sound when reducing the level, or even muting the preamp, does not change things at all?
thanks for any inputs,
Scott