Alps pots in Canada??

[GringoAudio]

Where can I buy Alps Blue or other Alps pots in Canada? Thanks.

 

[Kravchenko_Audio]

Gone to Pot

Try:

www.partsconneXion.com

Mark

 

[tiroth]

AFAIK those "ALPS" pots are Chinese knockoffs. I know the ones made to look like "blue velvet" pots were reputed to be rather good. Don't know about the fake black beauties.

 

[GringoAudio]

nice but no Alps, thx tho' (nt)

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[paulb]

Hey Greg, let me know if you find something. We can probably group an order.
You might want to look through this thread I started some time back:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=636&highlight=pots

 

[GrahamnDodder]

Real Alps Blue here, for $15. This guy is VERY reputable, and has what I believe to be the best tutorial on the web for a first chip amp project, the CMoy headphone amp:


http://www.tangentsoft.net/audio/shop/


His "Audiologica" section is required reading for noob would-be amp builders.

http://www.tangentsoft.net/audio/

Enjoy.

GnD

 

[paulb]

Real Alps Blue here, for $15. This guy is VERY reputable, and has what I believe to be the best tutorial on the web for a first chip amp project, the CMoy headphone amp:

http://www.tangentsoft.net/audio/shop/

Selection a little limited, however. 50K. I wonder where he gets them from?

 

[Ilianh]

while cleaning up my room I found a box of alps 744t-10kbx2, they are dual 10k and have a motor atached to them.

I have about 15 I think, I guess I could spare some if anyone need something similar.

 

[GrahamnDodder]

Selection a little limited, however. 50K. I wonder where he gets them from?

I dunno, but I know he buys in bulk. They are 50k because that is the value his headphone amp circuits (ppa, meta, etc) use.

 

[GringoAudio]

50k works for me

PaulB
Do you want to order a few of these?
Greg

 

[DrewP]

AFAIK, Partsconnexion is selling, not the pot, but the switched attenuator in the black beauty case.

100k, 22 steps, about 2.5dB/step.

This is the next best thing you're gonna get to a goldpoint, DAcT or TKD switched att. Way better than a regular conductive plastic alps blue or black.

IMHO, no other choice is worth contemplating at the price.

drew

 

[protos]

Is there a site where we can see all the models?
I found www3.alps.co.jp but I can see the the 27mm model and a 50mm high quality model pot .Are these the blue and black models respectively? I don't see a switched attenuator.

 

[paulb]

Re: 50k works for me

while cleaning up my room I found a box of alps 744t-10kbx2, they are dual 10k and have a motor atached to them.

I have about 15 I think, I guess I could spare some if anyone need something similar.

I sent you an email asking for details...

PaulB
Do you want to order a few of these?
Greg

Maybe. US$15 apiece plus shipping, Paypal, etc. I ordered his META42 board so I'm confident he's reliable.

 

[DrewP]

The switched attenuators were not a standard line, they were a custom manufacture for pro use. I don't know how many were made, I expect it was a few thousand but I know that they sell out pretty fast wherever they appear.

There is a guy on eBay who sells them every now and then too.

His photos show the body (same as the the black beauty) opened up to display the switched attenuator.

Drew

 

[Peter Daniel]

I still have some of those http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3279&highlight=attenuators
which are probably better than any Alps switching attenuators. Since mine didn't sell that well, I'm also more flexible on a previously quoted price