Cheap THD Electronics Plate Power Attenuator

THD Electronics HP8 Hot Plate Power Attenuator, 16 Ohm

A power attenuator is a device placed between the amp's speaker output and the speaker cabinet. It acts like a huge master volume control and permits the amp to be turned up most or all the way while absorbing most of the power generated by the amplifier and turning this power into heat. It passes a small part of the power to the speaker. THD customers use attenuators because their amps sound good at high volumes, especially with full distortion, but in rehearsal, small clubs, or at home, they can't turn the amp up. They are also used in recording studios for better separation between the instruments, and for use when the speaker sounds best at low levels, or if it can't handle the amp's power output. The Hot Plate also makes a perfect dummy load.