i had been looking for attenuators for the 8 outs of LavBlues, to use in my mixerless studio, to interface analog comp's, eq's into my daw. I had been using an Atty 2 in/out to go from Daw out to my Genelecs. this has worked great for me, it sounded great and it didn't seem to get the uneven balances that i would expect from a none stepped attenuator.
then i got the Atty2'D from A Designs, that has 2 stereo i/o's and 2 mono
i/o's, as well as a master mute. this fits nicely under my 23" display.
i have this in my patchbay to push/cut the input stages of my compressors,
i.e. Telefunken cassettes, filter banks, Modular synths, etc.
i can now use these as plug ins for my DAW with minimal hassle. I can vary the outputs from the awesome Lavry converters. I had been using digital attenuation from the DAW, and i didn't realize how bad that sounded till i used the analog Atty2'D. i can also patch my surround speakers to this unit and have a control center under my moniter now, right in the sweet spot!
highly recommended