--- In motm@y..., "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@a...> wrote:
> Several reasons:
>
> a) the Spectrol are available in cermet (149 series). These are
> more temperature stable than conductive plastic. Also, when I was
> first looking at pot choices, Bourns were custom ordered (still
> are!) with a staggering 18 WEEKs lead time (shortened to 14 now).
OK - to add something to this question: I assume the Spectrol pots
are available in both cermet and conductive plastic? If so, why not
(for example) use only the Spectrol pots?
I am mostly curious due to the recent discussion on AH - the Bourns
and Spectrol pots certainly feel different. I think I prefer the feel
of the Bourns pots (as someone said - they are very "silky", like the
faders on an audio console.) The Spectrol 149 pots seem much more
damped (more resistance) and the Spectrol 248? even more so.
Personally, I don't think I like the "damped" feel as much - but what
is really odd is going between the Spectrol and Bourns is like a night
and day difference. Seems like it would be preferable to have a
consistent feel?
Seth