Opinions on tube amp attenuators

[Life Eats Life]

I would do what you’re doing and accumulate data on the subject.
There’s a lot of nifty gear out there.
Gotta’ funnel your way through the deep learning algorithms you’ve installed from collecting such data..-DING..there it is!

It’s tricky & risky because the good stuff with useable features & functions is nearing the price of a killer used amp..
It’s a tough nut..I know it well it seems.

 

[laxu]

Totally got it the first time.
It's just that you mentioned ePenis and I couldn't help but repeat it a few more times cause it's such a bitching word.

You just don't want to be sending ePenises to other people without consent.

 

[Frodebro]

I recently picked up a Waza Tube Amp Expander on a whim, my local GC had a used one that they had been sitting on long enough to knock the price down. Once it dropped, I grabbed it.

Oh, if only I had known a few years ago. My Stiletto Deuce II is now capable of bedroom volume, and I can dime my HDRX 20 without sterilizing myself. And they both sound GOOD. The trick is using the post EQ in the Waza to compensate for Fletcher-Munson.

 

[Ibanez_76]

I found an amp with good master volume redseven duality50. And I put parametric eq in the loop and can now reduce volume that way also along with adjusting the sound.