manywelps

Is there somewhere with a GB of the stereo unbalanced boards mentioned earlier? (Or am I misreading this about being balanced?)

What is a good (unbalanced stereo (2-channel)) volume pot or passive preamp that does not get unbalanced at low levels (stepped or not) (or has 2 independent controls that normally turn together(dual concentric pot))? I listen to music very quietly most of the time. What is a good volume pot or passive preamp that does not get unbalanced at low levels (or has 2 independent controls that normally turn together (like a STAX SRM-1 MK2))? I've gotten a SYS, and it unbalances fast, Emotiva, SB control pot, even the KGSS pot unbalances fast. Loved the SRM-1's, because a tiny adjustment would keep it balanced all the way down? So basically something to sit inline between the DAC and Amp near my hand would be ideal. Stepped? Maybe, don't care as long as it has enough granularity on the quiet end. (I operate under the belief that expensive cables and pots don't sound better unless something is physically wrong with them, so please operate with that assumption) Under $200 for an assembled preamp, or in the vicinity of (or less than) $100 for the pot, and the rest for me to assemble the preamp