FrenchieSmalls

FrenchieSmalls t1_j83rd8t wrote

Is this essentially an in-line resistor? If so, it makes sense that the hissing goes down/away since you're effectively lowering the noise floor and therefore increasing the SNR.

The flip side is that this will lower the overall output (not a problem if there's headroom on your amplification) and potentially change the frequency response (lessening the highs). In-line resistors are often used to tame treble peaks.

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