External Volume Control

[ebag4]

When I built my Stereomour I left out the volume pot and used a couple of high quality 100K resistors in it's place.  I have an LDR volume control (currently external) that "emulates a 100K-125K ohm, 2 channel, LPad voltage divider".  My question is, would I be better off removing the 100K ohm resistors or simply leave it as is.  It sounds good now but it seems logical that I would be better off removing them.

Thanks,
Ed

[Paul Birkeland]

How long are the cables going from the LDR to your Stereomour?

I'd replace the 100K resistors in the Steremour with 470K's if you plan to keep this setup. 

-PB

[ebag4]

Thanks for the reply CB, ultimately I am going to mount the LDR inside the Stereomour housing, so the cabling will be inches, would you still use 470Ks?  Right now there is about 6' of interconnect.

Best,
Ed

[Paul Birkeland]

When you mount the LDR into the Stereomour, you can remove the resistors all together.

6 feet of cable is way, way too much cable for a passive control with such high output impedance.  I'd recommend trying to get down to more like 6 inches. 

-PB

[ebag4]

Thanks again.  The 6' is very temporary just to verify the unit works and that it didn't do anything to hurt the sound.

I appreciate the answers.

Best,
Ed