Potentiometer Overview - Alps, Penny+Giles, TKD and Vishay and more, what's your fav?

[tiefbassuebertr]

For volume control there are many brands. Here are a little URL collection:

I. not switchable Attenuators (Potentiometers)
TKD (Denpa, Japan)
http://www.tkd-corp.com/02_products/pdf/p04_p65cs250.pdf
Variable Attenuators [TKD]
Products [TKD]
TKD
http://www.san-ei-denpa.com/toriatukai/explain/v01/index.html
Altmann (Germany)
Potentiometer and Sensors
http://www.altmann-gmbh.de/pdf/eng/KE1160.pdf
Megatron (Germany)
http://www.megatron.eu/SMC3/plugin-...ebdavID=1214225727930&language=de&objType=doc
http://www.megatron.eu/SMC3/plugin-...ebdavID=1214294748243&language=de&objType=doc
Radiohm/Weltron (Germany)
Drehpotentiometer WELTRON - Ersatz zu RADIOHM !!
http://www.weltron.de/pdf/Weltron_Linecard-Weltron.pdf
Piher (Spain)
http://www.piher-nacesa.com/pdf/controlsv01.pdf (page 26)
Alps RK50 series
http://avpg2.homepage.t-online.de/img/RK50112_1_400x300.jpg (~ 600 US-$)
http://www.alps.com/products/WebObjects/catalog.woa/C/PDF/Potentiometer/MetalShaft/RK501/RK501.PDF
Alps RK40312
http://avpg2.homepage.t-online.de/img/RK40312_1_800x600.jpg
http://avpg2.homepage.t-online.de/img/RK40312_2_800x600.jpg
Penny & Giles
Welcome to Penny + Giles
P3 America Inc (alternative for old oil filled and sealed penny & giles?)
Potentiometers: Oil Filled Rotary Potentiometer - Series OMCP30
Vishay
http://www.electronic-data.com/een/2009_2/15107_Vishay_P30L.pdf
http://www.vishay.com/docs/51057/p10l.pdf

II. Switchable Attenuators (Rotary Switch)
Shallco- Precision Rotary Switch Products
Shallco - Attenuators
Elma Electronic Americas English Products: Rotary Switches, Audio Switches, Audio Switch Series C - w/SMD Resistors
DACT audio attenuators (ELMA Rotary switch with finished resistor network)
Compare Attenuator Types (ELMA Rotary switch with finished resistor network)
palazzo switches
Rotary switches Index
Seiden (inside by Luxman)
SEIDEN Products
http://www.audiodesign.co.jp/image/SeidenRotarySW400.jpg
http://www.audiodesign.co.jp/image/HAS-SGP-Terminal400.jpg
http://www.audiodesign.co.jp/image/HAS-SW400.jpg
http://www.audiodesign.co.jp/image/DCP-Inside640.jpg
Jancocorp. Janco switches
http_www_jancocorp_com/products/catalog(death)

Which brands do you prefer? And a second question: Which brand offers potentiometer, that I can complete disassemble for cleaning service and maintenance?
By all rotary switches this isn't a problem, but by the potentiometers, that I know (Alps, Piher, Vishay), unfortunately this is not or only partially possible.
Thank you very much for your advices

 

[tiefbassuebertr]

continue - II. Switchable Attenuators (Rotary Switch)
Jancocorp. Janco switches (aerospace supplier, maybe overtaken)
http_www_jancocorp_com/products/catalog(death)
http_www_mason-electric.com (death)
http://www.artifactaudio.com/includes/janco1P5T.JPG
http://i.oodleimg.com/item/1450743178_1m?1253861290
http://www.leedsradio.com/images-switches/Janco7-1961.JPG
http://www.leedsradio.com/images-switches/daven-7679-5.JPG
www_my3c_net
IY audio passive preamp
Cole Rotary Switches
Cole Instrument - Rotary Switch Design and Manufacturing
Cole Instrument - Rotary Switch Design and Manufacturing
Palazzo Switches
Rotary switches Index
Electroswitches
Electroswitch Electronic Products - Rotary Switch Miniature Switch Encoders and Solenoids
http://www.electro-nc.com/rotaryus/e_sel.pdf

 

[Bonsai]

don't forget

Goldpoint Level Controls

 

[Nrik]

Here are some for your link collection:
High Quality Audio & Industrial Attenuators
Acoustic-Dimension, high-end audio and components for tube audio

 

[tiefbassuebertr]

don't forget

Goldpoint Level Controls

I haven't forget. Nevertheless best thanks.
Because the URL of the weblink here will be suppressed (bad idea) and only the headline of the weblink is displayed, you overlook this company. At the fifth position after "Switchable Attenuators" this brand is mentioned.

Khozmo Acoustic from poland looks very fine, many thanks for this advice

Who knows more about new brand names about www_jancocorp_com?
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.jancocorp.com

 

[tomat]

Hi
noble potentiometer,they are good also

 

[sharpi31]

Someone else on this forum recommended these minature stepped attenuators. I bought one and the performance and tracking are superb. They are also tiny and very inexpensive:

SMT Resistor Step Attenuator 50K Volume Control on eBay (end time 14-Nov-09 19:31:05 GMT)

I'd never buy a pot given the number of high quality low cost stepped attenuators on ebay ;-)

 

[00940]

Khozmo Acoustic from poland looks very fine, many thanks for this advice

Bad idea.

How is Khozmo Stepped Attenuators? - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

 

[tiefbassuebertr]

Someone else on this forum recommended these minature stepped attenuators. I bought one and the performance and tracking are superb. They are also tiny and very inexpensive:

SMT Resistor Step Attenuator 50K Volume Control on eBay (end time 14-Nov-09 19:31:05 GMT)

I'd never buy a pot given the number of high quality low cost stepped attenuators on ebay ;-)

this could be very intersting, because the size seems like the commonly Alps standart potis. Unfortunately I cannot find the brand name in this auction. Do you know the brand of this 50K Step Attenuator?

 

[Geek]

Hi
noble potentiometer,they are good also

Alpha has been getting better too.

Noble + Alpha are good bangs for the ruble

Cheers!

 

[stoN_Cold]

Hi!

- Penny & Giles
- Elma

Regards zeoN_Rider

 

[tiefbassuebertr]

- Penny & Giles
- Elma
Regards zeoN_Rider

I didn't mention it ???

 

[tiefbassuebertr]

Alpha has been getting better too.

Noble + Alpha are good bangs for the ruble

Cheers!

Do you mean this
http://www.wellgainelectronics.com/ProductImages/ics/ALPHA RD902F 9mm POTENTIOMETER W3RS.jpg
from this brand ?
Products

 

[gripracer]

I listened to a $60 10k TKD conductive plastic that my friend lent me, and it really degraded the sound. Too much hype.

I do, however, enjoy most rotary ladder steppers. Especially the ones with SMD-resistors.

 

[tiefbassuebertr]

I listened to a $60 10k TKD conductive plastic that my friend lent me, and it really degraded the sound. Too much hype.

I do, however, enjoy most rotary ladder steppers. Especially the ones with SMD-resistors.

are you shure, that the potentiometer is the real reason therefore? Please note, there could be many other reasons for degraded the sound (place of potentiometer, the not right choice of the potentiometer-resistance, not appropriate circuit topology, interchange together with parasitic cable effects and many more).
If you post your complete circuit diagram arround your potentiometer, I will let you know more exactly.

 

[gripracer]

out of a bare CS4397 DAC, in and out of the stand-alone TKD, into a lm3886 gainclone.

10k works with it. all of my other pots are 10k.

 

[tiefbassuebertr]

out of a bare CS4397 DAC, in and out of the stand-alone TKD, into a lm3886 gainclone.

10k works with it. all of my other pots are 10k.

then you use this circuit:
http://www.national.com/images/pf/LM3886/01183301.pdf
If wire from the out of pot to the "RB" (1K) and PIN10 is very short, indeed pot is worse. In another case (ie long wire) the quality of pot isn't the reason for unsatisfy sonic quality

 

[tiefbassuebertr]

News from TKD (TOKYO KO-ON DENPA) - an ultimate rotary switch:
http://www.tkd-corp.com/02_products/pdf/p04_p65cs250.pdf
http://www.thel-audioworld.de/bauteile/regler/2P65-1.jpg
http://www.thel-audioworld.de/bauteile/regler/2P65-2.jpg
http://www.thel-audioworld.de/bauteile/regler/passiv41-1.jpg
41 Stufen-Potentiometer von TKD
Who know this?

and what about this continue attenuators from Penny & Giles (I think the successors from the oil filled versions from early days)?
http://www.pennyandgiles.com/docGallery/168.PDF
http://www.pennyandgiles.com/docGallery/83.PDF
delivery sources of Penny & Giles:
Penny & Giles Faders & Controllers
Control Devices Audio

Thank you for comments

 

[Steve Eddy]

News from TKD (TOKYO KO-ON DENPA) - an ultimate rotary switch:
http://www.tkd-corp.com/02_products/pdf/p04_p65cs250.pdf
http://www.thel-audioworld.de/bauteile/regler/2P65-1.jpg
http://www.thel-audioworld.de/bauteile/regler/2P65-2.jpg
http://www.thel-audioworld.de/bauteile/regler/passiv41-1.jpg
41 Stufen-Potentiometer von TKD
Who know this?

What's different about it? Seems to be the same unit you posted in your first post in this thread.

se

 

[tiefbassuebertr]

What's different about it? Seems to be the same unit you posted in your first post in this thread.
se

Yes, you are right. Because I haven't filed about the rotary switches at my first post. But you see in the last post pictures with higher resolution (from Thel, Germany).