Incoming! SPL Reducer Attenuator

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with my Ho attenuator fan dying, replacing the fan didn’t fix it :( Started looking around and found the SPL Reducer. Nice price and features for me, we will see how it sounds!!
 
well i hate hearing that lol I heard terrible things about the Ho that I used hours a day with my Plexi for 15+ years. I hear that with pretty much every attenuator though, fingers crossed lol
 
I got one about a month ago and have run it pretty hard at band practice. It gets almost too hot to touch. It was making a high pitch whistling noise with my 100w Marshall at a gig, so I just deleted it from the chain. But it was fine with a 50w for my next gig. Still not sure this is gonna replace my Marshall Power Brake. My tech says it's made to take the heat, but I just can't believe it's normal for anything to get that hot that's supposed to be handled.
 
If the max attn is -7dB then I hope you know that is not a lot if you are trying to tame something at home.
-10dB is 1/2 as loud and because of the way we hear if you start with really loud, 1/2 is still really loud!

What are you trying to reduce and from what to what?
Stage to bedroom the Fryette Power Station is king IMO.
Garage to bedroom I'd go with a Tone King Ironman.

There's lots of good options these days. Just know -7dB isn't a lot.

Not sure why it runs so hot either.
 
I got mine because I read some reviews that said this was like the Fryette PS if I didn't want all the other features, just wanted to trim the volume. It is smaller and lighter and requires no external power supply, so I like that. My PS was big and heavy and not a great size or shape for gig work.
 
Sold my Scholz power soak 6 months ago.
Still use my THD Hot Plate. Works great.
 
Rick Lee said:
I got one about a month ago and have run it pretty hard at band practice. It gets almost too hot to touch. It was making a high pitch whistling noise with my 100w Marshall at a gig, so I just deleted it from the chain. But it was fine with a 50w for my next gig. Still not sure this is gonna replace my Marshall Power Brake. My tech says it's made to take the heat, but I just can't believe it's normal for anything to get that hot that's supposed to be handled.
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cool good info thanks! mine is 50watt and I run the master about 6, so Im thinking is safe.
 
psychodave said:
Don’t throw out the Ho. It might be repairable. Could be something really stupid.
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yeah man gonna see if I can find someone to fix it. Not sure how quirky of a design this is, hopefully someone can fix it! Gonna ask my buddy Roy Blankenship first.
 
Donnie B. said:
If the max attn is -7dB then I hope you know that is not a lot if you are trying to tame something at home.
-10dB is 1/2 as loud and because of the way we hear if you start with really loud, 1/2 is still really loud!

What are you trying to reduce and from what to what?
Stage to bedroom the Fryette Power Station is king IMO.
Garage to bedroom I'd go with a Tone King Ironman.

There's lots of good options these days. Just know -7dB isn't a lot.

Not sure why it runs so hot either.
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there is a dial from -7 to silent. we will see how it goes!
 
Rick Lee said:
I got mine because I read some reviews that said this was like the Fryette PS if I didn't want all the other features, just wanted to trim the volume. It is smaller and lighter and requires no external power supply, so I like that. My PS was big and heavy and not a great size or shape for gig work.
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yeah same here, just the features I need. Reviews I saw were all really good.
 
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