mike1127
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I need to replace the potentiometer (volume control) in my Hifiman EF5 and I'm going to upgrade it and move it into a separate box as there is no room in the main box for anything larger than miniscule.
One issue is that I prefer the sound in the high gain setting but I use a fairly efficient headphone (the Audeze LCD2) so I need to keep the volume really turned down. I have about 15 degrees of usable range on it, near the very bottom.
I'm looking at getting a TKD pot. Hopefully is a quality item because it costs $75 from Percy... so what I am wondering is, do high-quality stereo pots tend to be well balanced between channels at the low end and do they sound good at the low end?
The cheap stock pot in the EF5 has a channel imbalance near the bottom of its range which is a problem because it further limits the usable range for me.
Mike
One issue is that I prefer the sound in the high gain setting but I use a fairly efficient headphone (the Audeze LCD2) so I need to keep the volume really turned down. I have about 15 degrees of usable range on it, near the very bottom.
I'm looking at getting a TKD pot. Hopefully is a quality item because it costs $75 from Percy... so what I am wondering is, do high-quality stereo pots tend to be well balanced between channels at the low end and do they sound good at the low end?
The cheap stock pot in the EF5 has a channel imbalance near the bottom of its range which is a problem because it further limits the usable range for me.
Mike