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Originally Posted by n_maher
Probably not, just make sure that it's a good quality attenuator (not necessarily expensive). Ideally it would be a simple voltage divider made up of appropriately chosen resistors but I haven't really looked into commercial offerings. I'd suggest searching the forums a bit to see what you can find, I'm sure there are threads that discuss options.
Edit: a quick googling yielded a company called Rothwell Audio that would appear at first glance to make exactly the product that I was trying to describe. I have no experience with them or their products so you might want to do more research before buying.
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The Rothwells work fine, but add a bit of midrange warmth and high-freq rolloff IMO. There are a few pricier alternatives (stepped) and a guy on eBay out of the UK who sells a Rothwell-like version that is a bit more neutral. These are also RCA and are available with 10, 14 or 20 (I think) dB of attenuation. I've owned all three and all work well, but with different tradeoffs in terms of how they colour the sound (the stepped version by far the least) but all do so pretty gently.
best,
o