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recommendations for quality line volume control

The output leven on my tuner is almost twice as high as the rest of my source components. At quite low listening levels this becomes an issue because of my preamp's channel imbalance (only with the tuner). Any recommendations that is quality, minimalistc and around $100 or less (half the cost of my Audio Refinement tuner). Unfortunatly there are only 1 set of tuner outputs and no internal level adjustments that I can see.

TIA,

Scott
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almarg
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Use a pair of Rothwell attenuators at the input jacks of the preamp to which the tuner is connected.

10db, which is the amount of attenuation they provide, is considered as a rough rule of thumb to correspond to a factor of 2 difference in subjectively perceived volume. The 10 db should therefore be just about the right amount to compensate for the "almost twice as high" volume that you appear to be describing. 10db is approximately a factor of 3 difference in voltage, btw, if your reference to level was referring to voltage.

Regards,
-- Al
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