[keiron99]

I posted previously about how to add remote volume to my Stax energiser, to enable volume control from the other side of the room (I have multiple seating positions, and will be getting / making an extension cable). I have not found a satisfactory solution.

My proposed solution is, rather than connect my DAC directly to the energiser, to run it to my preamp, then the variable line outs of that into my energiser, thus allowing remote volume control via the preamp.

The only thing nagging me about this is having 2 volume controls in circuit. Should this concern me? If it's easy to do, I'm prepared to snip and solder inside my energiser to disable the volume control. Can anyone advise whether this is sensible or not and if it is, how I'd go about doing it?

Thanks

 

[sclamb]

Which energiser do you have? The SRM-717 has a switch inside to bypass the volume control.

Simon

 

[keiron99]

I have the SRM3, an older version of the SRM313 I believe, with unfortunately no such facility as on the 717 which is way out of my price range!

 

[spritzer]

You can just cut the wires at the pot and solder them together. You can even upgrade the rca jacks and the wire while you’re at it since the stock stuff is pretty crappy. I did it on my SRM-T1 and it made a big difference

 

[keiron99]

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Originally Posted by spritzer You can just cut the wires at the pot and solder them together.

In fact I took a punt and tried that. However...I had a minor panic, because when I tested it, although there was "humming" through the phones, there was no music. I've put it back as it was and now it's all OK again.

What could I have done wrong?

 

[spritzer]

Well if you bypassed the pot completely there shouldn't be a problem. Did you connect all 4 wires (R,L and 2 ground)? It sounds like a grounding issue...

 

[keiron99]

Thanks.

There are two rows of three wires on the pot. Each row has a black, red and clear cable. I simply removed them from the pot, and joined the corresponding colours. Was this the right thing to do?

 

[spritzer]

Well that should work but to be sure you can check the markings on the pcb where the wires from the pot connect to it so you can match them up