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Hi all,
I am looking for a volume potentiometer that has the same size of ALPS RK27 or even smaller if it could be but has to be better quality than that. I don't care the price very much. I have searched the internet but seems to be useless. The only one I could find so far that may be very close to my want is Penny & Giles RF11, but still a little excess in the length.I need your help and any advices.
Thanks
Edison
Follow Ups:
I've never had the chance to test a P&G potentiometer, just haven't found a source.BUT . . . What you want is a TKD pot, their 2CP-2511 series. We tested these at work against the ALPS RK27, and the ALPS RK40 (black beauty). On a scale of 1-10, giving the TKD a 10, the RK40 would be a 7.5, and the RK27 would be a 4. These were swapped in and out of an old Halfler DH100 preamp, and the original pot in that preamp would be a 1.
I'm developing a preamp I intend to start selling, and the TKD pot is easily the most expensive single part in the thing, but I wouldn't consider using anything else. Yes, it makes that much difference, and the better your preamp, the more difference it will make.
BT
The TKDs are very nice, and is what I use! The P&G RF11s are probably the best actual potentiometer but are very expensive. I listened to one in Kevin Gilmore's personal Dynahi headamp, and it was very nice. He had previously used Goldpoint SAs, and likes the P&G pots better. IIRC he said the P&Gs cost around $400 apiece for a stereo pot, but I've never personally checked pricing on them.
Never tested P&G either. I have however used them as they are fitted to every top end recording console I know of (like SSL and Midas). Never seen one fail, be noisy or even scratchy.
After more then 20 years of abuse in a busy studio they still measure the same as the day they were fitted.A look at the P&G site shows up 9 distributors (although some of these only sell flight recorders) for the United States, how about contacting one of them? That said a few years ago I was looking to upgrade the latching pots on my sequencer with P&Gs but I baulked at the £35 each (I needed 48!).
I think you are giving yourself an impossible task!
The problem is that ALPS are the second best pots in the business and if Penny & Giles doesn't make one that fits you will end up either with a better pot that doesn't fit or one that fits but is a step down or two in quality.
Kunzwerks, Thanks for the tips~http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=471049&stamp=1094735975
It still seems to be too big...
pro_ac628,Their contact info is:
Dale Manquen at MANCO
dmanquen@msn.com
www.manquen.net
(805)529-2496
1694 Calle Zocalo
Thousand Oaks, CA
91360Edison
Hey where did you find a Penny&Giles RF11 at Edison.Ive been looking?
Here's one that might work for you. Not sure the size constraits you have, however these perform nicely.
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