Volume control question

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Offline Mikef

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on: December 17, 2023, 03:27:13 AM
When I finish building my Moreplay, I have a couple of amps that I'm really looking forward to trying with it. One of them is my Tubes4hifi ST-35 that I recently built. When I built it, I installed the optional Alps volume pot. That way I could use line level devices straight into the amp and still have a volume control.

Once I start using the Moreplay, there will be two volume controls. Is it ok to have a volume control on both the preamp and amp? I could go back and remove the volume pot from the amp if need be.



Offline Paul Joppa

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Reply #1 on: December 17, 2023, 03:56:56 AM
It's OK to have two controls in series - the Stereomour (for example) has a balance control in series with a volume control. It may be handy to adjust the knob range of the Moreplay; you can always take it out later.

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Reply #2 on: December 17, 2023, 04:15:21 AM
It's OK to have two controls in series - the Stereomour (for example) has a balance control in series with a volume control. It may be handy to adjust the knob range of the Moreplay; you can always take it out later.
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Thanks Paul, I'll try it out with both and see what I think.



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Reply #3 on: December 17, 2023, 04:42:32 AM
Without the ST35 control, you may have a hair-trigger volume control. The ST35 is quite sensitive.

Paul Joppa