On 5/26/07, Paul Schreiber put forth:
>a) Those pots you bought are 16 ∗years∗ old :)
d00d, that's vintage sound!! ;)
Seriously, I don't think it will matter. I have pots on gear that
have been in use for four times as many years that work fine. Afaik,
electrolytic caps are the only components that age.
>b) Log would be a custom order anyway (all of the 1M logs on the '800 are
>custom).
>
>c) Let's hope the 248J Spectrols will be OK.
>
>d) 91A Bourns pots have 2 "issues"
>
>#1: the distance from the center of the shaft to the pcb (when
>mounted) is 1/8"
>more than Spectrol. Hence, the MOTM-800 uses 1/8" spacers and all the other
>modules use 1/4" spacers.
>
>#2: the diameter of the leads on the 91A Bourns are larger diameter than
>Spectrol.
>
>If the 248J turns out not to work, then I will investigate the 51A
>from Bourns.
OK :) Thank you for explaining that, and I hope it all works out.