Placette vs. Creek remote volume controllers?

There are no active circuits in the signal path of the Placette Passive or Remote Volume Control, only in the Active linestage.
There is a separate transformer for the remote control and LED lights on the RVC and Passive, and also source switching on the Passive. There would be no point to replace the power cord for the low voltage transformer since it has no effect on the sound and there is no IEC connection provided.
The Active linestage has a removeable cord and chassis mounted IEC to power the discrete Class A output amplifiers. There is also a headphone jack from these amps and is the main reason I have thought about the trade-up program.
You should verify this by contacting Guy Hammell at Placette or reading the Q&A on the site:
http://www.placetteaudio.com/

Thinks for clarifying the Placette up. I did not realize that (it's passive section) it is a true 100% passive design (thus not reliant on power).

I like learning new things in this forum.

:-)

KF

I have both a Creek OBH-12 and a Placette RVC. Creek was my pre-amp for over a year, so I was fairly familiar with it. The Placette is substantially more transparent than the Creek. It was a five minute audition to decide and keep the Placette. Probably the best bang for buck I've gotten out of my system.

Thanks everyone. This discussion has been very helpful. You just can't beat this site for help when you need it.