[brunk]

Hmmmm... It was an NKK DPDT switch that I didn't like. Diminished high frequency clarity and resolution compared to a reed relay. This was a silver plated copper contact version of the toggle switch. Maybe I should have gone good contacts?

Can you link the switch in question?

 

[potterma]

Can you link the switch in question?

I'll have to look it up tomorrow evening.

 

[Armaegis]

Pfft, if you guys are going for versatility then just set up a rotary switch ladder attenuator that can simultaneously adjust the divider and output impedance. If you're sneaky you can do it all on one switch.
 
 

 

[brunk]

  Pfft, if you guys are going for versatility then just set up a rotary switch ladder attenuator that can simultaneously adjust the divider and output impedance. If you're sneaky you can do it all on one switch.
 
 
 

Ahh, that would be exquisitely excessive lol 

 

[Armaegis]

Oops, I meant rotary switch series stepped attenuator. Well, I guess both are doable depending how you jingle the wiring.

 

[Armaegis]

Aw heck, why waste all that energy into resistors. Let's get into some autoformer shenanigans!

 

[Chris J]

  Aw heck, why waste all that energy into resistors. Let's get into some auto-transformer shenanigans!

 
Who's Otto?

 

[Armaegis]

   
Who's Otto?

 
Octavius. Guy with eight arms. Also currently...

Spoiler: Warning: Big Spoiler!

the new Superior Spiderman

(spoiler for those who read Marvel comics and haven't caught up in the past several months)

 

[Gary in MD]

Okay, so when you guys have designed truly magic boxes that automatically (or even manually, with safeguards) adjust attenuation, etc. depending on which amp is connected on on side and which cans are connected on the other... I'll buy one from whoever builds one that works, assuming the price is reasonable (a few hundred bucks?)
 
I'm waiting....

 

[Chris J]

   
Octavius. Guy with eight arms. Also currently...

Spoiler: Warning: Big Spoiler!

the new Superior Spiderman

(spoiler for those who read Marvel comics and haven't caught up in the past several months)

 
What does he have to do with transformers? 

 

[robrob]

Here's the resistor network bypass switch details:

Switch Up = Resistor Network Bypass. Switch Down = Resistor Network Active.
Lot's of soldering. . .

 

[brunk]

  Here's the resistor network bypass switch details:

Switch Up = Resistor Network Bypass. Switch Down = Resistor Network Active.
Lot's of soldering. . .

At first, something seemed amiss. However your wiring for 4-pin XLR is correct, I see that you went out of order on the L/R terminals. Did you do that for ease of wiring or something? One tip, if you haven't done this sort of thing before. Make a good mechanical connection of wire-terminal first, and then use a low melting point solder. I don't recommend using flux though, it could get really messy inside the switch.

 

[robrob]

The pin order matches up with the box's speaker binding posts (actually it doesn't because I forgot to consider the switch is facing the opposite direction as the binding posts-I'll have to fix that).
 
Edit: fixed the switch pic.

 

[brunk]

  The pin order matches up with the box's speaker binding posts (actually it doesn't because I forgot to consider the switch is facing the opposite direction as the binding posts-I'll have to fix that).

Don't forget to twist those corresponding pairs really good too! 

 
 
EDIT: Are you using a plastic or metal box for this? You may want to get some copper foil if plastic to at least provide a little shielding, and you can wrap it around the wires too.

 

[Armaegis]

   
What does he have to do with transformers? 

 
 

   
Who's Otto?

 
Nothing really, but you asked about Otto... so I told you about Otto.
 
 

  Okay, so when you guys have designed truly magic boxes that automatically (or even manually, with safeguards) adjust attenuation, etc. depending on which amp is connected on on side and which cans are connected on the other... I'll buy one from whoever builds one that works, assuming the price is reasonable (a few hundred bucks?)
 
I'm waiting....

 
"simple" option: make the divider with a shunt-style stepped attenuator, maybe 3 steps at most (bypass, and two attenuation values), put the shunt on the bottom leg so that's your constant.
 
"is he serious?" option: wired in reverse... http://www.zeroimpedance.com/Zero-New.html
 
 
I still think y'all are drinking the kool-aid.