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Title: Which one of these attenuators will i need??
Post by: jb3newbie on November 15, 2003, 08:10:49 AM
For patching with an XLR female > RCA cable.??

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Title: Re:Which one of these attenuators will i need??
Post by: Sean Gallemore on November 15, 2003, 08:15:55 AM
you'll want one of the top one's, but why do you want xlr > rca cable?
Title: Re:Which one of these attenuators will i need??
Post by: jb3newbie on November 15, 2003, 08:19:13 AM
I ment XLR > 1/8....my bad....SO the one on top???
Title: Re:Which one of these attenuators will i need??
Post by: cpclark on November 15, 2003, 02:22:34 PM
ive used those same attenuators, actually have two sitting around i dont use much, but they suited me very well with the stepped attenuation(10,20,30) with my ad-20
Title: Re:Which one of these attenuators will i need??
Post by: buckonine on November 17, 2003, 10:52:16 PM
what's the purpose of these?
Title: Re:Which one of these attenuators will i need??
Post by: utahtaper on November 17, 2003, 11:51:10 PM
what's the purpose of these?
You want to use these if the signal you are sending a deck or preamp is too hot. They cut decibels off the signal in 5 db increments.