Topic: should I use interconnects when I use attenuators?

[mikesalvo]

or can i just hook them right into my UA-5? I don't see why not, but I mean clearly 2 attenuators sticking out of a UA-5 is not the most convienent setup, and I prolly will wind up picking up some interconnects, but if need be, can I just go attenuators>UA-5?

[TNJazz]

sure why not?

It's one more potential point of failure, but there shouldn't be any sonic difference if your cables are properly wired.

[DSatz]

Attenuators should always be placed directly at the input of whatever circuit stage you consider vulnerable to overload.

If you run any significant length of cable between a pad and the input circuit of a preamp, recorder or mixer, it's as if you were amplifying any interference that might occur in that length of cable, by the exact same degree as you are attenuating the signal.

--best regards