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I recently picked up a used Mesa Boogie DC-5 which if you didn't know is friggin' loud as heck. It goes from 2 directly to 8 so not much "in home/bedroom" playing levels. I wanted to use as much pre-amp juice as possible and push the power section just a bit but not sacrifice my ears and have my wife complaining that the neighbors are going to call the police. Sound typical? Then you need to get this little box? This thing has tamed the volume beast & still gives me monster tone. I don't hear any loss in sustain or tone and the compression seems normal. Simple setup and once you dial in your amp you can control the master volume from the huge JC unit. I guess the only slight drawback is that the unit doesn't have a bypass switch or level. If you plug it in, it's on and cutting the volume even wide open. I'm not sure if's a bad thing but it exists so be aware. If you want 100% amp volume! don't plug it in. Overall, I'm glad I can play my amp while pushing it and not depend on headphones or a POD unit to get nice crunchy thick tone.

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