Alps pots vs. TKD pots? TKD worth the extra$$?

[Peter Daniel]

Originally posted by SS1
hey Peter,
are you talking about the panasonic evj?

I'm talking about Panasonics from this link http://www.thel-audioworld.de/bauteile/regler/Potis.htm

[Variac]

I think I'm going back to Frank's camp. I used to use a passive with one knob for each channel and hated it for the hassle.

Now on my gainclone I have an alps stereo pot (not their fanciest) driving my Basszillas. The speakers are so efficient that for normal listening the pot is only turned about 4 mm and of course that's the part that tracks the worst. (maybe they are linear pots? ) I'm going crazy listening to everything off to the port or starboard.

The solution IMHO is a dual pot with inner and outer shafts concentric.You would also need thin knobs of the same diameter but different shaft sizes. For normal use you just grab both knobs and turn. To adjust, just turn one.