[00940]

here's what I found :

1st kit 23 pos.
http://www.octave-electronics.com/Pa...tiometer.shtml
73$ + 3% handling + shipping

2nd kit
http://www.penguinlovers.net/audio/Attenuator.html
the same switch from another source and with better resistors
price ??

3rd kit only 12 pos
http://www.bottlehead.com/et/adobesp..._stage_kit.htm
40$ + shipping

4rd kit 23pos, without resistors
http://store.yahoo.com/triodeel/conswit.html
30$ + shipping

has someone any experience with one of these ? Any advice ?

 

[Budgie]

I built the Bottlehead version. It came with two sets of resistors for two different ranges of attenuation. Assembly was not difficult, and aside from the limit of twelve positions, it work just fine. The resitors are generic metal film. Given a choice I would go for the more position types, for better control over the levels between steps, but the price makes it attractive.

edit- I should also point out that the Bottlehead is a series type attenuator.

 

[arteitle]

Seller kyc111 on eBay is selling stepped attenuators that appear to be built from the second kit you listed. Their price has been $49.99 plus shipping from Taipei. I purchased one (I didn't realize it was available as a kit) and it arrived in the US very quickly, and it seems very well-made. kyc111's auctions are here:

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sort=3&rows=50

 

[Voodoochile]

Mike Percy sells a kit based on the Swiss-made Elma rotary (23 positions) with good resistors for about the price of the first unit you posted.

And the Elma switch is much nicer, at least judging from the appearance of that one in the first pic.

EDIT: But I see that the one you post is a ladder, the Elma kit is series. The Ladder type is priced more along the lines of buying a Dact based on the same switch. Not that series is bad, but $75 for a ladder is REAL cheap.

 

[was ist los?]

The Alps switch has been mentioned before, but now there's a pic.

 

[eric343]

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Originally posted by arteitle Seller kyc111 on eBay is selling stepped attenuators that appear to be built from the second kit you listed. Their price has been $49.99 plus shipping from Taipei. I purchased one (I didn't realize it was available as a kit) and it arrived in the US very quickly, and it seems very well-made. kyc111's auctions are here: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sort=3&rows=50

Whoa. Stepped *LADDER* attenuators with Vishay RN60D resistors for $50?! Methinks that's a hell of a find!

 

[was ist los?]

That really is a good deal for $56 shipped! Too bad i like BC resistors more than Vishay/Dale. Maybe if i buy one, i could replace the resistors.

 

[eric343]

You may as well buy your own switch & knob then...

 

[was ist los?]

That ebay seller even sells mono attenuators for around $60 per pair! Actually, i would like to build my own, but for the price, the prebuilt one is still good.

 

[puppyslugg]

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Originally posted by arteitle Seller kyc111 on eBay is selling stepped attenuators that appear to be built from the second kit you listed. Their price has been $49.99 plus shipping from Taipei. I purchased one (I didn't realize it was available as a kit) and it arrived in the US very quickly, and it seems very well-made. kyc111's auctions are here: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sort=3&rows=50

So these attenuators are kits that includes the resistors? Or are they built and ready to go? These attenuators are available only in the 100k version?

 

[eric343]

They look like fully built versions!

 

[puppyslugg]

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Originally posted by eric343 They look like fully built versions!

Or maybe that's the way it should look, if you don't f... it up!

 

[eric343]

Heh, yeah, screw up a ladder attenuator and you're going to have a lot of fun trying to desolder that one resistor buried in the middle...

I don't think these are kits though. I think it says "fully built" or equivalent in the auction description.

 

[arteitle]

Fully assembled. The majority that kyc111 has sold have been 100k, but I have seen him/her offering other values occasionally.

 

[puppyslugg]

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Heh, yeah, screw up a ladder attenuator and you're going to have a lot of fun trying to desolder that one resistor buried in the middle...

Of course, that wouldn't happen to ME!

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Fully assembled. The majority that kyc111 has sold have been 100k, but I have seen him/her offering other values occasionally.

Thanks, arteitle. That was the confirmation I just received from kyc.