Does the volume control effect sound quality?

Inductive?? the worst you can have is an iductive wire wound pot, that comes in at no.8 on my decending horror list?

Cheers George

Inductive = Autoformer volume control. Example, Slagleformer in the Bent Audio Tap X, one of the best passive preamps around. George, I think you're thinking of the wrong volume control.

Yes you are right with these TVC's as well, they do also have inductances, have you ever seen what happens to 20khz square wave through them, they can either ring their brains out or be severly bandwidth limited. What goes in doesn't come out unscathed in nearly all ones I have tested on the bench.

Cheers George

I'm sure the signal is not as well preserved as resistor attenuator or LDR units. But music isn't composed of square waves and I don't make a of habit of listening to 20 kHz square waves. I have heard your LDR unit and like it a lot, but you don't sell a kit that can be installed in an amp..have you considered it?

No but it's what all and I mean all audio desigers use, it's a good indication of if what your looking/measuring at is as close to a "piece of wire" nothing added or taken away, and all designers use these non musical wave forms to see what's going on.
No I don't do kits but here I show all how to build one themselves.
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/analog-line-level/80194-lightspeed-attenuator-new-passive-preamp.html

Cheers George