Hi all,
I'm noob in electronics but want to try DIY a simple Vol. Control
I want to make a very simple volume control between my DAC and Active Cross-Over Unit.
From the MultiMeter Reading, my DAC RCA output jacks have 10K Ohm (also claimed to have 2.5V output)
The destination RCA input jacks of Active Cross-Over Unit have 7K Ohm (reading from multimeter)
I tried to diy a simple POT with IN OUT RCA Jacks (tried 1K, 10K, 20K, 50K, 100K)
I got a active preamp for test of volume before I plug the diy POT between in order to avoid sudden burst out of volume.
"Safe" test path: DAC > diy POT > active preamp > Active XO
Test path : DAC > diy POT > Active XO
Regardless of (value of K of the POT,), the sound level will suddenly increase hugely. Simply cannot rotate the POT's 1/10. I have difficulty to archieve the suitable volume level.
Appreciate for advices.
I'm noob in electronics but want to try DIY a simple Vol. Control
I want to make a very simple volume control between my DAC and Active Cross-Over Unit.
From the MultiMeter Reading, my DAC RCA output jacks have 10K Ohm (also claimed to have 2.5V output)
The destination RCA input jacks of Active Cross-Over Unit have 7K Ohm (reading from multimeter)
I tried to diy a simple POT with IN OUT RCA Jacks (tried 1K, 10K, 20K, 50K, 100K)
I got a active preamp for test of volume before I plug the diy POT between in order to avoid sudden burst out of volume.
"Safe" test path: DAC > diy POT > active preamp > Active XO
Test path : DAC > diy POT > Active XO
Regardless of (value of K of the POT,), the sound level will suddenly increase hugely. Simply cannot rotate the POT's 1/10. I have difficulty to archieve the suitable volume level.
Appreciate for advices.
explanation
Check out this page for an explanation,
and how you can change one of the pots you already have to
log taper with a couple of resistors:
http://sound.westhost.com/pots.htm#chg-law
Check out this page for an explanation,
and how you can change one of the pots you already have to
log taper with a couple of resistors:
http://sound.westhost.com/pots.htm#chg-law
Re: explanation
Thanks You guys. The attached link really helped me that I finally know a POT with connection and grounding could have different functions!
As a noob in electronics, simple thing like above already giving me big trouble!
PeteMcK said:Check out this page for an explanation,
and how you can change one of the pots you already have to
log taper with a couple of resistors:
http://sound.westhost.com/pots.htm#chg-law
AndrewT said:Hi,
sounds more like you have not connected the grounds to the pot lower leg.
Thanks You guys. The attached link really helped me that I finally know a POT with connection and grounding could have different functions!
As a noob in electronics, simple thing like above already giving me big trouble!
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