I added some 330ohm 1/4watts in parallel with the 430's already there, making the R2 spot in the voltage divider 186 ohms total, which, in the overall circuit, brings vout down to about 1/20th of vin. The sound is still a bit louder than I'd like, but it's a lot better than it was. I'll probably still experiment more.
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Tony Fabris