Reducing the gain of an Encore?
Jun 3, 2006 at 8:14 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 2

luukas

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I've been using a pair of inline attenuators thus far, but would like to modify the amp so that it'd work better with efficient headphones. The current gain values are 3/11, and I suspect something like 1/6 would be just fine. Not that there's any need to alter the higher gain value - I never use it.

Not surprisingly, I've no idea how to go about doing this modification. I can't give much base information for now, except that the amp uses a discrete design. Pictures would propably make a world of difference, but I won't have a camera unti the next day or two. Why post now? I'm impatient, at times.
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Here's a link to the manufacturer's site anyhow...
 
Jun 4, 2006 at 7:01 AM Post #2 of 2
Alright, I peeked inside to check the resistors' values. 102R's are used for low gain, 473R's for high. The pot is a 10K one.

I remember reading something about bypassing the resistor(s) to achieve unity gain... would that work in this case?
 

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