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In Reply to: Re: yeah .. an inconsistent.... posted by Steve Eddy on October 7, 2005 at 19:13:28:
I imagine they use a ceramic base for the item and either vapor deposit a metalic layer or use metal particles in the ceramic substrate.Am I on the right track or completely off base?
I totally agree with your feelings about switches. My favorite are solid silver switches which are very expensive and still sound worse than direct connections any day of the week.
And a good pot has the potential of sounding as good or better than a stepped attenuator. You just have to be brave and try your options and trust what your ears are telling you.
I was not expecting a big difference between the cermet pot and the ALPS Black Beauty Pots. Boy was I 100% wrong!
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I imagine they use a ceramic base for the item and either vapor deposit a metalic layer or use metal particles in the ceramic substrate.Am I on the right track or completely off base?
Close.
The resistive material (usually ruthenium oxide) is mixed with ceramic powders and a binder and then it's silk-screened onto a ceramic substrate, like aluminum oxide, and are then fired. However it's heated just short of melting, in a process called sintering where the elements combine but do not actually melt. The binder just vaporizes.
I totally agree with your feelings about switches. My favorite are solid silver switches which are very expensive and still sound worse than direct connections any day of the week.
Yeah. Though I wasn't saying that switched attenuators necessarily sound bad. Some sound very good to me. And others perfer them over potentiometers. I was just addressing Bare's implication that there's something more pure and simple about a ladder attenuator versus a pot.
And a good pot has the potential of sounding as good or better than a stepped attenuator. You just have to be brave and try your options and trust what your ears are telling you.
Yup. Though suggesting people try things for themself and decide for themself what sounds best to them is frowned upon by the moderator here. I was threatned with being banned if I ever suggested such a thing again so be careful what you say around here.
I was not expecting a big difference between the cermet pot and the ALPS Black Beauty Pots. Boy was I 100% wrong!
Yup. Nothing beats one's own personal experience.
For me, my preference is for the hot molded carbons, which is why I asked what type you had bought.
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