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The iron man attenuator is great but I wish it had an in-between setting. Full attenuator too quiet. The next click too loud.
From personal experience I have owned Palmer, Aracom, Badcat, THD, Ironman, Bugera, Audiostorm, Ultimate, Boss TAE and the Marshall Powerbrake.
Mostly used through Marshall superleads and my Vox AC50 which is powered by EL34's and gets very close to a Marshall sound anyway.
As a stand alone organic attenuator the Marshall Powerbrake was by far the best. The Aracom, Badcat unleash and Ironman all affected the tone in some way, whereas the Powerbrake was very transparent.
And the Powerbrake is great providing you don't attenuate too far, 'cos then the sound gets comprimised. The alternative path is one of re-ampers, whereby the signal is soaked, then re-amped. This way the sound is the same no matter what the volume(with the exception of all the speaker and volume science). I had a Boss TAE and it was brilliant and so many options regarding multiple footswitchable rigs, all with their own EQ, compression, delay, reverb and solo boost, but not as gig friendly as a Powerbrake.
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Looks almost too good to be true at that price
I’ve had a PS2 and TAE. I just have the TAE now as it was better at home. Transparent and the fan spins up when it’s needed and is less intrusive. Both were very good options.
I'm not convinced attenuators are much use other than for knocking off a few dBs in gig or rehearsal situation.
Accept that many people feel otherwise.
Maybe the Fryette, as that does the re-amping thing if I am right?