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Default Why No Gain Control on Adcom Amp?

On Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 6:48:08 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Scott Dorsey wrote: "And the level control on the amplifier, if it did have one, would be on
the _input_ side before the power amp stage."


Just a basic tech question Scott: When is the knob on
an amp an atttenuator, and when is it a volume control?
What you describe, above, sounds like a proper
attenuator, but I could be wrong. !


Hey Thekma, a volume control *is* an attenuator -- a variable one.

Peace,
Paul Stamler