Top of the line Alps pot used in Kondo KSL-M7 preamp.

[MGH]

Anyone know how to get one of these?

Here a link with the pot in the Kondo preamp:

http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue26/preamps.htm

 

[theAnonymous1]

IMHO you have to be an AudioPhool to pay $600 for a pot.... but nevertheless; your wish is my command.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALPS-High-End-H...oryZ4664QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I've bought a "poor mans" ALPS pot from that seller and the transaction went OK.

 

[rabbitz]

They're a good seller and I bought a lowly motorised RK27 from them recently.... very smooth transaction.

 

[MGH]

Thanks. Well it's either this pot or getting the Vishay S-102 resistor volume control from Placetteaudio.com, which is $1000. But I wonder if anyone has ever heard this carbon wiper control compared to the less costly Alps or stepped attenuators?

 

[QSerraTico_Tico]

Thanks. Well it's either this pot or getting the Vishay S-102 resistor volume control from Placetteaudio.com, which is $1000. But I wonder if anyone has ever heard this carbon wiper control compared to the less costly Alps or stepped attenuators?

A 47 position Shallco will cost you US$ 100 from Percy Audio and a few handfull of resistors plus a lot of time.
Used as a shunt pot you have only one resistor in series with the signal and one to ground for each setting, NOT a string!
Easy to calculate 1.5 dB steps and a wide range as many steps

http://www.siteswithstyle.com/VoltSecond/12_posistion_shunt/12_Position_Pure_Shunt.html

 

[jarthel]

IMHO you have to be an AudioPhool to pay $600 for a pot.... but nevertheless; your wish is my command.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALPS-High-End-H...oryZ4664QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I've bought a "poor mans" ALPS pot from that seller and the transaction went OK.

no need to use words like "fool"!

it his money and if he can afford it, why not?

 

[theAnonymous1]

no need to use words like "fool"!

it his money and if he can afford it, why not?

Who used the F word? I said Phool.

 

[MGH]

Thanks all for your advice and info. All of us involved in the high end have been a "fool" or "phool" at least once. I may even buy this thing so I can compare it with other less costly options and answer the question once and for all.

 

[stoolpigeon]

If I added up the cost of all the cheap pots, switches, relays, resistors etc I've bought over the years its probably more than $600.