HI,
has anbody used a Fostex R80B or R82B attenuator as a guitar amp output attenuator?
Or do you have a another good solution?
has anbody used a Fostex R80B or R82B attenuator as a guitar amp output attenuator?
Or do you have a another good solution?
Perhaps you should mention exactly what you're wanting to do?, if it's feed the output of a guitar amp to a mixer?, I would suggest a suitable DI box - I use Behringer dual ones, which are excellent, and have switchable attenuators for feeding from speaker levels.
I use a Monacor AT-60, which is basically the same thing: an L-pad attenuator.
Be wary of the power rating: it's grossly over stated. To stay on the safe side, I use a simple 2 resistors divider between the amp out and the L-pad: 2,2 ohms in serie, and 22 ohms in parallel, both 20 watts or more.
I have this setup for a number of years without any problem. The tone is a bit different because the amp sees an almost purely resistive load instead of a speaker.
There are a number of "compensated" attenuators like the Hotplate that simulate a speaker load, but you'll have to pay $200 & up.
Be wary of the power rating: it's grossly over stated. To stay on the safe side, I use a simple 2 resistors divider between the amp out and the L-pad: 2,2 ohms in serie, and 22 ohms in parallel, both 20 watts or more.
I have this setup for a number of years without any problem. The tone is a bit different because the amp sees an almost purely resistive load instead of a speaker.
There are a number of "compensated" attenuators like the Hotplate that simulate a speaker load, but you'll have to pay $200 & up.
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