Palmer attenuator, PDI-06-16 Ohm, anyone?

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Palmer attenuator, PDI-06-16 Ohm, anyone?

Post by kars0747 » Sun May 21, 2017 3:46 pm

Anyone familiar with this attenuator? Only need to lower the volume 4-5 db
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Re: Palmer attenuator, PDI-06-16 Ohm, anyone?

Post by Hellavision » Sun May 21, 2017 5:27 pm

I have one and I use it sometimes when I bring my old amps to rehearsal. It's not perfect. You can hear a bit of extra compression in the mids. But it doesn't sound bad. Just not quite as open. I'll probably upgrade to a Fryette Power Station or something in the load/reamp models sometime in the future. But that's quite a bit more money so for now I'm good with the Palmer.

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Re: Palmer attenuator, PDI-06-16 Ohm, anyone?

Post by bclaire » Sun May 21, 2017 11:11 pm

Johnny A. uses two of them with his rig... and loves them.

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Re: Palmer attenuator, PDI-06-16 Ohm, anyone?

Post by MojoBlaster » Mon May 22, 2017 1:59 am

How would one connect two 16 Ohm cabs using the PDI-06-16?
Would it require 2 separate attenuators, and would coming off the
8 Ohm outputs affect the load on the attenuators?

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Re: Palmer attenuator, PDI-06-16 Ohm, anyone?

Post by Hellavision » Mon May 22, 2017 6:56 pm

I'm not an expert but I think if you're only using two 16 ohm cabs (never just one) you should get the 8 ohm version of the Palmer. Personally I'd probably only use one cab if the goal is to get the volume down.

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Re: Palmer attenuator, PDI-06-16 Ohm, anyone?

Post by bclaire » Tue May 23, 2017 12:24 am

Hellavision wrote:
Mon May 22, 2017 6:56 pm
I'm not an expert but I think if you're only using two 16 ohm cabs (never just one) you should get the 8 ohm version of the Palmer. Personally I'd probably only use one cab if the goal is to get the volume down.
Yeah, I can't imagine using two cabs with an attenuator if the goal is less volume. If you're always going to use the two, then yes get the 8 ohm.

But you could always use a 16 ohm attenuator with one cab and just keep the other one for looks. :mrgreen:

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Re: Palmer attenuator, PDI-06-16 Ohm, anyone?

Post by MojoBlaster » Tue May 23, 2017 2:21 am

I appreciate the input, but, according to Ohm's law the difference in db an additional speaker
adds is negligible, I believe 3db @ 100 watts per additional speaker. I really was only a little curious if one would connect attenuators in the same manner as speakers (one 16 Ohm to the 16 Ohm output, two 16 Ohm speakers to the two 8 Ohm outputs).

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Re: Palmer attenuator, PDI-06-16 Ohm, anyone?

Post by kars0747 » Tue May 23, 2017 5:01 am

So it says the Palmer is
for 16 ohm speakers, but if the cab is loaded with 8ohm speakers and it says 16 ohm on the cab then I should get the 16 ohm attenuator right?
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Re: Palmer attenuator, PDI-06-16 Ohm, anyone?

Post by Hellavision » Tue May 23, 2017 7:25 pm

kars0747 wrote:
Tue May 23, 2017 5:01 am
So it says the Palmer is
for 16 ohm speakers, but if the cab is loaded with 8ohm speakers and it says 16 ohm on the cab then I should get the 16 ohm attenuator right?
Yes. 16 ohm output-16 ohm Pamer-16 ohm speaker cabinet.

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Re: Palmer attenuator, PDI-06-16 Ohm, anyone?

Post by kars0747 » Tue May 23, 2017 7:38 pm

Thanks - just ordered my first attenuator. Quite exited to see if I can drop 10-15 % volume and still keep the sound I like
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