Luxman L110 touch mute

[sx-70]

I have a L110 that was rescued from protection mode. Restoration was a success except for the touch mute which ultimately had to be bypassed. I don't miss the touch mute function really and it sounds wonderful.

If I had one minor gripe it would be that the volume knob seems to be overly sensitive. I can only go one to two clicks before it's too loud depending on the source. For example, with my Sonos Connect in play I have to turn down the volume on the Sonos controller or the jump in volume between one to two clicks on the Lux is too much (especially when listening to Deezer, not sure why).

Would removing the touch mute circuit have this impact on volume knob sensitivity?

 

[Blue Shadow]

Use the attenuator, the knob in front of the balance control. Rotate it to provide minimum volume (full CCW) on the main volume control and see if you have adequate control of the signal. You may need to increase the attenuator or you may need to hope you had less gain as the attenuator is only 20dB.

You should set up your volume controls all through the system so you get as loud as you will ever listen at about 1:00, plenty of control from off to 1 and some extra for those really quiet parts.

With volume controls on the devices you plug into the 110, you should be using those to set things right.

The volume control of the 110 is 2dB per click except at the extremes where there is more gain.

 

[sx-70]

Score one for the L100 over the L110. I wish I had that variable attenuation knob like the L100 - the L110 just has an attenuate button but I probably wasn’t using it right. I’ll give it another shot - thank you Blue!

 

[Blue Shadow]

Learning the differences. Seems the 110 has a silver balance knob with a dark brown pointer. On the 100 and my 1000 pre that silver is the attenuator adj for up to 20 dB decrease. Does your 110 have that attenuate control?

Then I thought you might have a tuner attenuator on the input panel like the 100 but it appears this is a phono impedance adjustment on the 110.

Hope you can get your sources lower in output as the touch mute is an odd control. Touch the mute pad, a capacitive switch I think, and the volume drops until you touch the volume control turning off the touch mute.

Let us know how it goes.

 

[sx-70]

On the L110 I think the only option is an all or none attenenation. Which should still work I think.

 

[sx-70]

Sorry for the dark, dusty pics. The L110 is currently sidelined. The many tasty Luxman threads of late are motivating me to get it back into active duty.