Hi real80sman,

That is very odd. The "Record Out" (or tape out) is normally a fixed level, bypassing the preamp's controls, including the volume control, but a true pre-out amp-in set of RCAs should go through the volume control in the Luxman's preamp section. Are you certain you are using the final left-right pre-out RCA outputs?

Regards,

Alan Lofft,
Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)