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    Completed JohnH Attenuators?

    Hey! Sorry for the delay. I don't get notifications on this forum for some reason. @dbishopbliss I added an output jack for both the 4ohm and 8ohm taps. I attached them to a little piece of polished angle iron on the back of the amp, which works fine for now. And I wired the speaker to a 1/4"...
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    Completed JohnH Attenuators?

    Hi All, Just "finished" the enclosure for my 4ohm 50w M2. "Finished" in quotes because the letter punch method I chose didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. See below. I was not drunk. Or even tired. I found this thread and the other 178p+ thread very very helpful. I thought I'd write this...
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    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Hey @JohnH and co. I just got my 4 ohm M2 through testing. HOLY COW. This thing is amazing. Running my silvertone 1482 dimed, it sounds great, and no longer risks neighbor relations. Attenuating 15 watts, it never got warm. I tried it with my 60 watt blues deville 410, and it tamed it...
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    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    That's what I'll do! Thanks.
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    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Thanks again John. I hope I'm not overthinking it. It looks like I can get a 5.6 ohm rated for 50W. Would that work? Or I can get a 5.0 rated for 25W and adjust R3 (though I'm not sure in which way it should be adjusted.). I think I may just be bad at buying small electronic parts on the...
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    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Thanks! Any opinions on having a ceramic resistor in the mix?
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    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Thanks for the above @JohnH ! That's helpful. I'm in NY, near the CT border. About 2 hrs north of NYC. So I'll go for the original m2 specs for 4 ohm. I actually figured out how to run my main squeeze 60w amp at 4 ohm as well, so I think this will work for both. For this build, is there a min...
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    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Johnh! Thank you for this. I've been researching since I wrote, and what you are saying now makes a lot of sense to me. I'm also astounded at all that's gone into this. My current plan is to start with a dedicated 4 ohm m2. Am I correct in just following the specs across the "4 ohm" row in the...
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    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Hey all, I was about to pull the trigger to buy parts to make an l-pad attenuator for my 15 watt Silvertone 1482, when I stumbled across 175 pages of holy-diy-attenuator-johnh brilliance. So I've been researching. My goal is to be able to run the amp wide open without losing friends and...

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