[sdiy] weird array of potentiometers

[Peter Grenader]

Be careful what you wish for....

Listen, i LOVE ALL Electronics.  I live 10 minutes from the place and I
appreciate that convenience and the fact that they do extend a discount to
cash customers - to put it mildly.  There are many components types sold
there that will afford you the same quality you'd find at the 'big boys' at
sometimes a forth of the cost.  Your best bet is to buy larger quantites as
they hate counting them and will always give you a big benefit of the doubt.
I recently purchased 100 red 3mm LEDs for $8 and  2N2222's for 10 cents
each!

But...

Some of their pots are absolute crap.  Loose shafts, broken leads, missing
hardware, gungie dirty, etc etc.

Be careful with their pots.

- Peter

Tim Parkhurst wrote:

> Have you tried Digi-Key and Mouser? I've had pretty good luck with their
> selection of pots. Seems like Digi-Key has a better selection of pots, and
> Mouser has a wider variety of knobs. Go figure ;) I've found some decent
> pots in the $2 - $4 range at both these places. You might also try these
> guys
> 
> http://www.allelectronics.com/index.html
> 
> I've found some good bargains there, although their stock changes (looks
> like they deal in surplus and excess inventory).
> 
> 
> 
> Tim (good selection of knobs) Servo
> "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Metrophage [mailto:c0r3dump23 at yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 4:17 PM
>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: [sdiy] weird array of potentiometers
>> 
>> I have quite an array of values and qualities of pots. Some weird
>> values which are too rough action to usually use. Of course most of my
>> fave smooth, sealed pots I've found are outside of the range of
>> typically needed (by me) for synth work: less than 10k, 1Meg+. I guess
>> if I could really design circuits yet I'd try to make modules for the
>> values at hand.
>> 
>> What decent pots are out there, especially from US distributors, in the
>> 10k, 50k, and 100k values? All I am finding is either scratchy low-end
>> Rat Shack/ Xicon pots, or really deluxe Bourns and such which are more
>> bombproof and expensive than I need. Also, I prefer 1/4", panel-mount
>> pots with small profile.
>> 
>> I have been amazed that, as I have resumed my building, that I have
>> been able to find any happy medium here. Checking the big catalogs out
>> there the results have not been too good. Any ideas?
>> 
>> Any experiences with 1/8" pots in synths? I did get a great deal on 140
>> pices of 100k sealed clarostat pots. but they are 1/8"Š I am afraid to
>> do the work of setting up a submodular panel with them in case I just
>> need to redrill them for new 1/4" pots later. If I hear good
>> experiences with the smaller pots then maybe I won't feel so bad, and
>> I'll use them. >;]P
>> 
>> CJ
>> 
>> 
>> 
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