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Hi all,

I'm about to buying a power soak for using my tube amp in my flat. Today a friend told me that I can use a quot;Lautsprecher Pegelreglerquot; - don't know how to translate this. Maybe quot;speaker level controllerquot;? Anyway this thing would be much cheaper than a power soak.
It is also put between power amp and speaker and - according to my friend - it does not affect the sound. He uses it in HiFi speakers.

Here's a picture of it: from : localhost/kaufen.conrad.de/lautsprecher_pegelregler.asp

Does anybody know if I can use it for a tube amp? What makes a power soak like Tom Scholz or THD so expensive?

Your opinion is highly appreciated
Thanks, Chris

Das ist eine Loudspeaker Level controller (I used google to translate the page, My German is very rusty)
It uses an L-Pad, a resistance network to send some signal to ground. If you search for L-Pad you will find more info. People report as you increase attenuation of the signal through an L-Pad you lose more highs and the sound gets muddy. The THD products try to overcome this by emulating the dynamic behavior of a speaker.

Look at the Weber Mass products which actually contain a speaker driverWeber Attenuators

Yea i actually just bought a weber minimass off ebay for $80, and im pretty happy, but at high levels of attenutation i can tell the highs and little of the tone gets flat. Its worth it though.

I got a Weber Mass 50 for christmas and it works really well on my Rectoverb. It has a 6db treble boost to compensate for the loss of high frequencies. I use it for the distortion channel and just flip its' bypass switch for cleans. It doesn't sound very good for cleans, but it is not needed for that anyway.

Bang for the buck, Weber delivers. I also recommend the Dr. Z Airbrake and THD Hotplate.

Thanks for your help @all. Will try to get a HotPlate at EBay at a reasonable price. If not I'll have a look at Weber's stuff