Looking for a Passive Preamp or In-Line Volume Controller

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Hey there,
I am planning to buy ADAM T5Vs, but I have no way to controll the output level on my SMSL M3. I have been looking at Mackie Big Knob passive and Schiit SYS, but are there any other options?

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JBL and nobsound make passives as does… I cant remember but it was a nice one with a stepped attenuator That zeos featured in one ep
If you want to go custom high end a company named gold point makes them for a few hundred

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I saw the JBL some where, but I’m not a fan of how it looks. Custom high end is a bit out of my price range. Looking to keep it between 50-100€($).

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I like the Mackie big knob passive, pretty nice

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I’ve got the JDS Labs Ol Switcher. I like it well enough

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Is there anything like the big knob, but with a remote?

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That’s just most likely going to be a preamp at this point

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@BluJay614 Thanks I’ll look into it.

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I was going to suggest the Creek OBH-12 or 24, but they are more expensive than I remembered.

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preamps are way to expensive. for the price of a Parasound Pre3 i could get a IOTAVX SA3 integrated…

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I found one with out the big knob, with a remote and BT. https://www.doukaudio.com/nobsound-pga2310-bluetooth-audio-receiver-hi-fi-preamplifier-remote-control-p0069.html

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There you go lol, seems to check all the boxes

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This one looks even cooler. too bad its from China and will take ages to get to here. Especially with the whole corona thing.

A Yamaha CX-1000 was also offered to me. Waiting for pricing details. Probably will end up spending more and addinga SA3 amp instead of pre-amp and another PA3 down the line :smiley: