New volume pot killed my sound

The main advantage to pseudo shunting rather than steppers is that you buy 2 nice resistors which will set you back around £20 ish, then you wait 4-6 weeks for them to settle in and your away. To do a stereo 24 step switch with the same quality Rs would cost you a fortune and take years to get all the Rs burned in properly.

 

I get it!



I notice that you can get something like a dale vishay stepped attenuator for about £40.

http://www.hificollective.co.uk/components/potentiometers.html

Is the shunt still considered the best result with an alps blue?

Sorry that is quite a hypothetical question

 

Yes. The Alps isn't the best for sound, but are well made, so track very accurately, making it an ideal candidate for a shunt mod.

 

I have a Dale Vishay stepper, still prefer the shunt mod (using Vishat VTA55)

 

I shunted my Alps Blue using cheap Maplin resistors just to see if it works and I can't tell a lot of difference. I have been meaning to get some nice resistors to put in for a while now but never get round to it. So yeah, my experience using normal resistors is that I can't hear much difference! Not that I had a problem with the Alps in the beginning...