[vkvedam]

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.

 

[compuryan]

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.

 

[DrewWinters]

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?

 

[DrewWinters]

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?

 

[chiefroastbeef]

UE has a great fixed resistance attenuator, I used that(also have the shure one) exclusively until I soldered resisters onto my earphone cable.

 

[DrewWinters]

Thanks! How does it compare to the Shure adjustable one?