Does anyone know the Alps RK163 potentiometers?

Bricolo · 25th January 2004, 09:02 PM

Alps pots for 3€, I wonder how they sound

Does anyone know?

Peter Daniel · 25th January 2004, 09:13 PM

Do you have a pic?

Bricolo · 26th January 2004, 03:34 PM

SY · 26th January 2004, 04:25 PM

Radio Shack has been selling a version of this with a little outboard gear to provide detents. They work far better than the price would suggest.

sobazz · 26th January 2004, 04:38 PM

Hopefully better than the RK09!

joensd · 26th January 2004, 05:06 PM

Those look like the ones you find in amplifier gear from 200€-400€. Quite a few manufacturers use them (seen them in Pioneer, Sony, Kenwood..

.)

Nisbeth · 26th January 2004, 06:30 PM

Alps makes pots in all priceranges, so Alps doesn't necessarily = good!

Sobazz, what's wrong with the RK09?

/U.

sobazz · 26th January 2004, 08:29 PM

Probably nothing. The RK09 is probably better than other pots for the price, but still I would not put anything like that into an amp... and I don't think I would like to find the RK09 in a commercial unit - even if I had only pad a couple of hundred dollers for it.

I used one in a small portable headphone amp project. Next time I'll compromise size and use a digital pot from Maxim.. the tracking differences between the two channels very simply outrageous!

And then again - it is a cheap pot!

Nisbeth · 26th January 2004, 08:37 PM

I knew you'd say that. Have a look here

http://www.nickdangerous.com/misc/xcans/xcansguts3.jpg

/U.

sobazz · 26th January 2004, 09:03 PM

... that cannot be! Simply not possible! They could at least have chosen RK17!

25th January 2004, 09:02 PM	#1
Bricolo diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Grenoble, FR	Does anyone know the Alps RK163 potentiometers? Alps pots for 3€, I wonder how they sound Does anyone know?

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25th January 2004, 09:13 PM	#2
Peter Daniel diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada	Do you have a pic?

26th January 2004, 03:34 PM	#3
Bricolo diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Grenoble, FR

26th January 2004, 04:38 PM	#5
sobazz diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Jutland	Hopefully better than the RK09!

26th January 2004, 05:06 PM	#6
joensd diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany	Those look like the ones you find in amplifier gear from 200€-400€. Quite a few manufacturers use them (seen them in Pioneer, Sony, Kenwood.. .)

26th January 2004, 06:30 PM	#7
Nisbeth diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Denmark	Alps makes pots in all priceranges, so Alps doesn't necessarily = good! Sobazz, what's wrong with the RK09? /U.

26th January 2004, 08:29 PM	#8
sobazz diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Jutland	Probably nothing. The RK09 is probably better than other pots for the price, but still I would not put anything like that into an amp... and I don't think I would like to find the RK09 in a commercial unit - even if I had only pad a couple of hundred dollers for it. I used one in a small portable headphone amp project. Next time I'll compromise size and use a digital pot from Maxim.. the tracking differences between the two channels very simply outrageous! And then again - it is a cheap pot!

26th January 2004, 08:37 PM	#9
Nisbeth diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Denmark	I knew you'd say that. Have a look here http://www.nickdangerous.com/misc/xcans/xcansguts3.jpg /U.

26th January 2004, 09:03 PM	#10
sobazz diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Jutland	... that cannot be! Simply not possible! They could at least have chosen RK17!

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