Comments on: My New Old Amplifier http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/2006/09/20/my-new-old-amplifier/ Chris Liscio's Boo-urns Log Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:10:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: chris http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/2006/09/20/my-new-old-amplifier/#comment-43 chris Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:18:35 +0000 http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/?p=5#comment-43 It was definitely a logarithmic audio pot. It even had stereo operation! (Two sets of pins.) Judging from where I bought it (surplus electronics store), it was probably faulty out of the box... It was definitely a logarithmic audio pot. It even had stereo operation! (Two sets of pins.)

Judging from where I bought it (surplus electronics store), it was probably faulty out of the box…

]]> By: Josh http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/2006/09/20/my-new-old-amplifier/#comment-42 Josh Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:15:34 +0000 http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/?p=5#comment-42 Were you using a Pot with an audio taper winding? The symptoms that you describe with your volume control sound like you are using a Pot with a linear winding. Were you using a Pot with an audio taper winding? The symptoms that you describe with your volume control sound like you are using a Pot with a linear winding.

]]> By: SuperMegaUltraGroovy » Blog Archive » Kookaburra in transit! http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/2006/09/20/my-new-old-amplifier/#comment-7 SuperMegaUltraGroovy » Blog Archive » Kookaburra in transit! Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:47:28 +0000 http://www.supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/?p=5#comment-7 [...] It turns out that the volumeless amplifier idea didn’t last very long. Once the amplifier got hooked up to my MacBook Pro’s internal audio source, the granularity of the volume control was not nearly enough for day to day use. Also, thinking of headroom, it’s always best to have a digitally controlled output attenuated in the analog domain, rather than digitally. [...] [...] It turns out that the volumeless amplifier idea didn’t last very long. Once the amplifier got hooked up to my MacBook Pro’s internal audio source, the granularity of the volume control was not nearly enough for day to day use. Also, thinking of headroom, it’s always best to have a digitally controlled output attenuated in the analog domain, rather than digitally. [...]

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