[sdiy] question about pot size?

[Oren Leavitt]

I second that - I have stuff that I've built with  "Alpha" pots almost 
20 years ago and they are working like new to this day.
I usually mount them with the open side (the terminals) facing down to 
keep dust from settling down inside.


Oren.

James Patchell wrote:

> I should say ( to add to my earlier post), the Xicon Pots are the 
> "Alpha" pots I mentioned in my earlier post.  And I will add again 
> that in general, these are the pots that I use myself.  They are good 
> pots, and I should add that I have equipment I built more than 20 
> years ago that have these pots in them and they are still working fine...
>
> At 11:24 AM 12/14/2003 -0800, Peter Grenader wrote:
>
>> The pots are fine.  Alphas.  Same as a bunch that a lot of others use.
>>
>> There are no measurable reliability issues with those Alphas.  A 
>> matter of
>> fact, I prefer them over sealed pots because when they do get dirty 
>> as most
>> pots do (sealed or no)t, at least you can service them.
>>
>> If the article you're speaking is that on-line thing written by an 
>> English
>> company that at one point sold Doepfer and in the same article praised
>> Analogue Systems - please read in between the lines.  Most of the 
>> complaints
>> they issued (pots and jacks) could have as easily befall A. Sys and 
>> Analogue
>> Solutions for that matter as they use the exact same components in 
>> these two
>> categories..
>>
>> Listen, I'm not taking sides here, trust me on this.  Dieter and Bob
>> Williams are both friends of mine, as they are to each other as 
>> well.  And
>> they both agree that that write-up was B.S.  Personally, I respect the
>> comraderie between the two of them and would like to see all 
>> manufacturers
>> behave this way with one another as they are all in the same boat,
>> together.
>>
>> Perception is everything  If you are told that one companies goods 
>> are bad
>> because you heard it from someone you feel you should trust, then the 
>> others
>> benefit.  The other side of the very same coin,  some may feel one
>> manufacturers goods are incredible because of the money they charge for
>> them,   Again, perception.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Andalong Dudigual wrote:
>>
>> > hallo everyone,
>> > recently I came across an article where someone was
>> > badmouthing doepfer (rightly deserved) but one of the
>> > complaints they had was that they used small pots
>> > instead of big pots. are small pots bad? what is the difference?
>> >
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