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RE: Looking for recommendations on Pots

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andy evans

In Reply to: RE: Looking for recommendations on Pots posted by Triode_Kingdom on July 19, 2024 at 14:17:21

Re Khozmo failures - I had one, though an older model. They're slow on emails too. Sounded good when it worked.

My cheap solution is a 100K log plastic pot with 12K series resistor and 24K across the 100K. With top quality resistors it sounds very good. Only 4 resistors needed.

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RE: Looking for recommendations on Pots - xaudiomanx 11:05:19 07/20/24 (1)
What is the purpose of the resister in series and the resister across?
- Shunt volume controls - andy evans 03:07:50 07/21/24 (0)
  The series resistor is fixed in a shunt volume control. You can look up ratios for the series and shunt resistances and you'll get a variety of answers. My ballpark is a bit under 1:2. A 100K pot is a good start and then I used 12K and 24K for series and shunt. Seems to work as a volume control. The quality is in the resistors for which you can go as boutique as you like since there's only 4 of them. I didn't want to go above 12K as a series resistor and the rest followed from that. It actually sounds pretty good with the NOS resistors I use. I'd say as good as or better than a basic TDK.
  
  Edits: 07/21/24

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