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Philco 610 Volume Control Taper
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10-16-2016, 11:01 PM
Thanks for the suggestions.

I did do some careful measuring on both pots. I think both the vintage pot and the new pot are audio taper. However the slope of the first 50% is steeper one control the the other. I think this accounts for the difference I am experiencing.

I ran into a similar situation on an Airline tombstone a while back. I replaced the vintage control with one of the more modern ones. Same problem. The audio seemed to get too loud to quickly.

Either the pots I am buying in EBay are strange, or maybe modern audio taper pots are just different?

Mark
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Philco 610 Volume Control Taper - by markmokris - 10-16-2016, 07:56 PM
RE: Philco 610 Volume Control Taper - by morzh - 10-16-2016, 08:40 PM
RE: Philco 610 Volume Control Taper - by markmokris - 10-16-2016, 11:01 PM
RE: Philco 610 Volume Control Taper - by morzh - 10-17-2016, 10:31 AM



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