Volume pots

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    badchamp Thermionic Member

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    Am considering changing my JC PV-10 pre for either an Audion valve pre (as I have Audion power amps) or one of the S & B variety passives.

    Assuming volume pots have a reasonable impact on sound quality, the advantage of the passive ISTM is a higher quality volume control. Now the Audion AFAIK has an Alps Blue pot.Are pots generally replaceable and if so any suggestions for a top quality example.

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    Jeff
     
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    Alps have a good rep, well the alps blue does. Panasonic are meant to be good.
    Noble aswell, although i tried a Noble and found it to sound rather slow and uninvolving.

    I would suggest either a stepped attenuator. Or using a fixed resistor of the same value as the pot, put this direct in the signal in line, and then use the pot as a potential divider to ground. I have just done this tweak with a bulk film resistor and it beats the pants off my previous stepped attenuator, and is rather cheaper.
     
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