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High Quality In-line Volume Attenuator

post #1 of 6
2/5/09 at 11:29am
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Where to get it. The one that came with my Shures isn't that great for low volume listening as the sound does open up at all until some rotations.
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post #2 of 6
2/5/09 at 8:08pm
I see now that you're using the line-out on the ipod. I suppose you could just use the headphone jack and use your ipod for volume control, since you don't have an amplifier connected. Hmm or better yet just buy a little Fiio or cmoy amp. Then you would have volume control, still using line out, and have better sound from an amp to boot.
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post #3 of 6
2/6/09 at 1:34am
Mine just broke yesterday, so I'm looking for a replacement as well. The Shures have such a low impedance that nearly every source is incredibly noisy, not to mention loud. Even my Samsung YP-P2 has a significant amount of fuzz without the attenuator. I don't want to blow $20 on another one of these weak plastic ones if there are higher quality ones out there, but it is indispensable to me.

I've been unable to locate anything other than a direct replacement. Surely someone knows?
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post #4 of 6
2/6/09 at 6:17pm
Here is the item we are referring to: Shure * - Attachable Volume Control

Surely someone makes a higher-quality volume control?
It seems like it's nothing but a variable resistor - how hard might it be to build my own?
Or a fixed-resistance attenuator, perhaps?
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post #5 of 6
2/6/09 at 11:35pm
UE has a great fixed resistance attenuator, I used that(also have the shure one) exclusively until I soldered resisters onto my earphone cable.
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post #6 of 6
2/7/09 at 1:04pm
Thanks! How does it compare to the Shure adjustable one?
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