[sdiy] Group buys: Alpha-style, dual pots, and Joysticks (WAS: RE: Dual-gang reverse-log pot group buy ?)

[flightofharmony]

I don't know - what markings do they have on the case? 

~flight
flight at flightofharmony.com
http://www.flightofharmony.com


-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: David G Dixon [mailto:dixon at interchange.ubc.ca]
-> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:33 PM
-> To: Andre Majorel; flightofharmony
-> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
-> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Group buys: Alpha-style, dual pots, and Joysticks
(WAS: RE:
-> Dual-gang reverse-log pot group buy ?)
-> 
-> If these "Song_Huei" pots are the same cheap Chinese crap I bought at my
-> local mom-and-pop shop, then I'd say: "Avoid them like the plague!"
Every
-> other one barely works, while the Alpha pots ALWAYS work.  I'm waiting to
-> buy a whole bunch of Alpha pots, after which I'm going to throw all of
the
-> cheap Chinese ones I bought in the garbage.
-> 
-> Dave Dixon
-> Vancouver, BC
-> 
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
-> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Andre Majorel
-> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 3:01 PM
-> To: flightofharmony
-> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
-> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Group buys: Alpha-style, dual pots, and Joysticks
-> (WAS: RE: Dual-gang reverse-log pot group buy ?)
-> 
-> 
-> On 2008-11-17 06:23 -0800, flightofharmony wrote:
-> 
-> > And, I've actually found much better pricing:
-> > Song-Huei quoted $0.16 each for 1000. They sent me some samples
-> > too, very nice! Identical to Alpha, except their washers are a
-> > much tighter tolerance so they pretty much stay centered without
-> > having to hold them while tightening the nuts.
-> >
-> > Even better, G&H quoted me $0.099 each at 1000 MOQ! Harvestman
-> > told me about them and let me check out a sample - I didn't
-> > think to check the washers, but they are also just like the
-> > Alphas in feel and build. They also carry those Illuminated
-> > caseless slide-pots I was hunting.
-> 
-> Are you really going for those non-Alphas ? The Alphas are a known
-> quantity, the Song-Huei and G&H aren't. They could look and feel
-> identical initially but not *be* identical.
-> 
-> 22 cents is cheap enough for me. I think I'd rather pay that much
-> for reliable pots than take a gamble to save 12 cents per pot.
-> 
-> > I've been drumming up interest in these on Muffwiggler and we're
-> > off to a good start. The plan is to make the purchase in
-> > January.
-> 
-> http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2105
-> 
-> --
-> André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/>
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