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Bottlehead Kits => Crack => Topic started by: BNAL on June 27, 2012, 11:21:11 AM

Title: 50 ohm Pot?
Post by: BNAL on June 27, 2012, 11:21:11 AM

I wanted to know if, from a sound perspective, using a 50 ohm potentiometer in the Crack is a bad thing?

Title: Re: 50 ohm Pot?
Post by: Grainger49 on June 27, 2012, 01:40:54 PM

A 50 ohm pot will probably put most sources into current limit.  That would be a bad thing.

Most CD players would sound bad into this resistance.  Eros wants to "see" 10k or greater.

Why are you considering a 50k pot?

Title: Re: 50 ohm Pot?
Post by: BNAL on June 27, 2012, 01:46:33 PM

I have an Alps Blue Velvet in the parts bin.

Title: Re: 50 ohm Pot? Correction 50k
Post by: BNAL on June 27, 2012, 02:27:19 PM

I just noticed my mistake. A 50k pot not 50.

Title: Re: 50 ohm Pot?
Post by: Grainger49 on June 28, 2012, 03:53:48 AM

50k would be fine, 50 ohms might burn out a CDP.