[sdiy] Potentiometer suggestions.

Jason Proctor jason at redfish.net
Thu Sep 21 22:52:43 CEST 2006


>The cheap 16mm Alpha pots (RV160 series I think 
>they are) are generally accepted as being pretty 
>good.  Sure, they are made to a price, but many 
>people use them without problems.  A lot of 
>Eurorack format modules (Doepfer, Analog 
>Solutions, etc.) use these pots.
>
>$0.50 sounds a bit expensive though.  In UK I 
>would pay £0.38+17.5%VAT at single quantity.

the dollar equivalent of that UK price is $0.85... :-)

i always use bourns or spectrol pots but then i 
always like to do things the awkward and 
expensive way. 50 cents for a pot is damn cheap.




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