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Hello everybody,

I am starting to think about a new look for my new preamp. It will be controlled from the micropros and I would like to put some push buttons for source select, mute etc... Since I hate wiring I would like to use some PCB push buttons that will be on the same board as LCD display.

What push buttons do you use? I am looking for some round ones, metal if possible, not overpriced. If there is a different hight that is a bonus.

Plastic could be usefull but if they have nice feel to it.

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance,
Pred
 
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I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I was wondering the same thing -- only my preference would be for buttons with indicator LEDs built in. Round or rectangular, does anyone know of some great looking momentary switches that might be suitable?

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Scott
 
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Re: What about this pushbotton

Chartal said:
What about MEC
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I was just browsing last night and they seem nice, but are all plastic and I am not sure how they will "feel" when used. They are cheap though.

JuanLady said:
http://www.goegood.com/producttext.asp?id=154

Hope you will like these buttons.
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I used some like these before but like 8EUR are chepest and most of them with round led are like 15-30EUR. And you have to wire so no soldering on the PCB...

Pred
 
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high end companies???

Thank you for the tactile switches tip, but all I have found have plastic top 🙁

I can't belive that VTL, Meridian,EAR, Mcintosh and other high end companies are using plastic top switches? I never touched one but I think that they look metalic. Is it possible that they make them custom. I do not think so...

Pred
 
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Re: high end companies???

pred said:
I can't belive that VTL, Meridian,EAR, Mcintosh and other high end companies are using plastic top switches? I never touched one but I think that they look metalic. Is it possible that they make them custom. I do not think so...

Pred [/B]
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McIntosh buttons are nice, but plastic. ML are custom and so were the nice ones used by Sonic Frontiers.
I use to deal with all these companies and I can assure you.
 
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My preference would be for small rectangular buttons (perhaps 8mm wide by 16mm high) that could be grouped together somehow, perhaps by soldering onto a breadboard. Each button would be a momentary switch and have a built-in LED. The original Jeff Rowland Coherence I preamp had this sort of arrangement, and it looked very attractive (oddly, the photo of the Coherence I on Rowland's site is awful: http://www.jeffrowland.com/img/Coherence1-front.jpg).

Does anyone know if switches like these are available? I'm going to ask Rowland and will post any helpful response they provide.

Regards,
Scott
 
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Re: Re: What about this pushbotton

I used some like these before but like 8EUR are chepest and most of them with round led are like 15-30EUR. And you have to wire so no soldering on the PCB...

Pred [/B][/QUOTE]

As as I know,these buttons are very dear in your contry.
These bottons are ring-illuminated bottons,copper body with nicle-plated & gold-plated,it's worthy of trying.
 
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Yes I know some are made here and some in China as well. But they come into the group of "antivandal" and are quite expencive. I used one on my amp, but there I had only one button. If I have to use more that would be quite an expencive front pannel 🙁
 
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The anti-vandal type from bulgin look very good but are too expensive and also at about 20mm diameter a bit too large to look good on hi-fi unless maybe for a power button on an amplifier. Anyone else come across some nice small push buttons??
 
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