Agreed.
While there are varying degrees of attenuators out there, I don't think a single one of them will tame even a low wattage tube amp to bedroom / apartment levels without the sound and response suffering.
Most attenuators are meant to shave off some the clean headroom of tube amps to allow you to dial in your "sweet spot" drive / distortion settings at less than thunderous volume levels for live work - just a notch or two of attennuation......................they are not meant to bridle an amp down to bedroom levels and still retain sound quality.
If you seek bedroom / apartment sound levels with an attenuator, seek elsewhere.................heavy attenuation really squashes the life out an amp's tone.
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