SOLD FS: Price Drop THD Hot Plate Power Attenuator 16 ohm £140

skay

SOLD - THD 16 ohm Hotplate hand-built USA Power Attenuator. Works perfectly in very good condition, complete with original intact box. £175 £165 £155 £150 £140 via Paypal gift. (There's one for £239 on eBay at the moment, so mine's cheaper by £100)

Buyer can collect, or postage can be arranged.

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Dominic

They are excellent

robgilmo

How does it work?

skay

@robgilmo This goes inline between your amplifier and speakers, intercepting and converting some of the volume your amp produces into heat, and reducing/attenuating  the power/volume being produced by the speakers. 

This means you can turn up your gain and get natural amplifier breakup, and then use the Hotplate to keep that level of distortion, but with a reduced overall volume. Most amps need to be wound open a bit before they start giving up the goods, but this is usually too loud for home or even some gigs, so use an attenuator to dial in the sound/breakup you want on your amp, and adjust the Hot Plate to get the level as low/quiet as you want.

Run a speaker cable from your 'amplifier out' into the back of this Hot Plate, then plug your speaker cable straight into the back as well, it doesn't need any mains power as it's powered by the energy the amp produces. 

I hope this explanation helps a little to understand what an attenuator is and why you may want to use one.

skay

Bump with price drop

skay

Further price reduction

skay

Bump, with further price reduction

robgilmo

How quiet can you get it to go? I have a 120 watt Peavey Deuce that I play at home, SS pre and tube power amps.

skay

120 watts attenuated down to quiet home volume, it will do it, but if you'd be happy with how it sounded,  that's entirely subjective!

skay

Price drop to £140 (postage can be arranged if not collecting)

amarok1971

how much will shipping be @skay ?

skay

Hi @amarok1971 ;

Judging by the postage prices stated on Ebay, they are charging £10 delivery. 

I'd want to double-box this attenuator, so combining that extra size with the weight of the attenuator itself, it's gonna be at least £10, but then you know you'll be getting a well-packed and tracked item, which is worth the price imho. 

Steven 

amarok1971

Cheers Steven, i'll have a think

hessodreamy

This still available?

skay

Hi @hessodreamy ;

I'm considering selling my AC30, so yeah this is still up for grabs, and at a bargain price too!

It's fairly heavy, so combined with protective packaging, the postage is going to be £10+ from experience, if you are not collecting in person. 

hessodreamy

@skay pmed you.