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Best way to add remote volume control to tube pre.

What is the best way to add remote volume control to a high-quality tube preamp?
Placette?
An inexpensive but quality
solid state preamp like a Rowland Capri in front of the tube preamp?
Something else?
I really don't want to degrade the sound too much.
Should this be done at all?
Any thoughts would be welcome.
rgs92

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rodman99999
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The Placette Passive remote can be purchased for less than the Space-Tech unit on the used market and utilizes 1% matched Vishay resistors throughout. I'm certain if Space-Tech went to that expense(and attention to quality), they would advertise the fact. (http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatran&1218574337) (http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatran&1220293601)
rodman99999
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The only signal degradation with a Placette will be via the extra interconnects/connections. I tried a Creek OBH-10 to see if my CDP had the output to drive my amps, prior to purchasing the Placette Passive Linestage. The Creek units are not transparent on a system of any real resolution(no build quality at all), but do serve well as experimental tools.
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