[Niteshade]

New enclosure:


Photo of original:




The original passive was made in an aluminum enclosure. The new one is taller, thicker and thus much heavier. They are also the same height as our amplifiers.

[gooberdude]

Looks good.

Have you come up with a way to hide the bottom panel with the new design? 

[Niteshade]

The bottom panel is still the same. I could try painting it. What I do not like: Paint on edges is extremely easy to nick. We'll try painting the bottom cover with these new passives.

[Niteshade]

Passive preamp with HT bypass & two inputs.

[Charles Xavier]

Is the pricing the same ?

[Niteshade]

The prices have not changed:

1) Passive w/ one input: $75.00
2) Passive w/ two inputs: $100.00
3) Passive w/ two inputs & HT Bypass: $175.00

These passives present an easy load to sources and therefore will not adversely tweak the sound as some passives do. They're as transparent as it gets.

[roymail]

Traditional pot in-out-gnd design, or does it use a quality resistor on each side and shunt to ground?

I'm guessing you could do different colors, too?

Thanks

[Niteshade]

It is a carbon pot setup and does not use a shunt to ground circuit, however it does use star grounding. It's set up so that the input impedance stays relatively the same throughout the control's range and works extremely well with any source or amp combination.

They can be made in custom colors for a small additional fee when ordered alone. Presently I have black or dark red for no additional cost.

[6L6PPP]

These are really good sounding passives. I have the original design one input/ one output in a matching color for my blue Classic build NS-30 .... and a couple black ones I use with a red NS-30 and a wood trim LM3886 based power amp.

 

It is a carbon pot setup and does not use a shunt to ground circuit, however it does use star grounding. It's set up so that the input impedance stays relatively the same throughout the control's range and works extremely well with any source or amp combination.

They can be made in custom colors for a small additional fee when ordered alone. Presently I have black or dark red for no additional cost.