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The pot you currently have in the amp is an Alpha (or Sung Huei) RK2142G (datasheet attached). The 4th pin is a loudness tap. So basically, transfer the existing wires straight across to the TKD replacement. Watch the heat on this; try to make good mechanical connections and don't linger with the soldering iron. Looking at your first pic (the TKD), the pins in order from left to right would be ground, wiper, and input, or 1, 2 and 3 corresponding to the attached RK2142G datasheet. The Alpha pots aren't bad at all, particularly for the price, but not in the same class as the TKD. BTW, where did you obtain the TKD from? RK2142G.pdf

Agreed Al. I hadn't realized that Cicely (or Cloris) were that old. RIP to both of them.

Anyone have any idea what this damping material is? It is what was used by GNSC for their mods to my Resolution Audio Opus 21. It kinda looks like dynamat and is 3.4mm thick but doesn't feel like dynamat (or smell asphalt like). Is it Paxmate?

So did Catherine Wheel...

RIP Hank...

The DPS or required PSU pinout would match the Elpac wallwart these used to come with. V1 is V+, V2 is V-. From the datasheet:

Happy Birthday Mike!

Thanks for replying. Very clever use of the grommet strips. Once you brought them up, I recall seeing these used for grommet holes. I would have never thought of using them for this purpose. Well, maybe if I had some on hand, a light bulb would have gone on...

I had looked at this closer awhile back, and noticed what looks like a wire loom or separator down on the floor of the amp by the output jacks, to hold the output lines in order. Is this something that you made, or is commercially available? I did a quick search at Mouser but didn't turn up anything like this. Thanks!

Happy Birthday Grahame! And what Steve said

RIP Pat DiGiacomo (aka Jocko Homo), passed away Nov. 4th. Good guy, knowledgeable engineer, but came off as being a bit cranky https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/in-memoriam/362564-rip-jocko.html

Doing a google search (which I assume you have done ad nauseum), revealed an Audio Karma thread which might be of assistance: https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/cd-player-belts.345514/ http://www.kenselectronics.com/lists/belts.htm

Last night:

This project on diyaudio implementing a Muse chip for analog volume control might be of interest to you: https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/swap-meet/322983-muses-volume.html

I've been watching it as well, though I'm not caught up (S1E4 was the last I watched). I'm enjoying it, and would recommend.

You mean the 3 parts (XLRs, RCAs and switch)? It seems to though I haven't measured or done any sort of mock up. I think there will probably be enough slop possible in assembly to get them to match, but I'll play around with it. The switch is an NKK m2042xxxxx, and the Neutriks are NC3FAV2. I tied the two chassis gnd connections from the Neutriks together with a pad in the middle, and did the same with the pin 1s. Then put two pads in connected to the board gnd plane. I'll probably add another pad for chassis ground to give the most flexibility. On my Pass Aleph P, the XLR grounds both go to board ground. Same on Kerry's SS Mini. I haven't had any hum problems whatsoever on my stuff, but everyone has different issues potentially. Thanks for getting me thinking about this shit though I also used a drawing of the Cardas GRFA DBL PRT that someone had provided on a diya thread you were participating in to draw up that part in Eagle as well, in case I wanted to go that route.

From Rane 110, it appears that the "right" way to do it is to tie pin 1 to chassis. The two pins in the lower right corners of the XLRs are also supposed to go to chassis, correct? If so, I could wire these together to a pad to wire to chassis ground.

Too bad, though it sounded as if she was in bad shape. A gorgeous woman, even at 65. Too young. It sounds like she was quite kind and well liked as well.

Bought a pair of the Vampire RCAs (ebay) and measured them. I've attached an Eagle library with these in them as well as a board layout using these and Neutrik jacks and NKK switch. I haven't verified any of the board <-> panel spacings yet, but they seem reasonable, with some soldering slop. Change the file extensions from zip to lbr for the library file. con-audio.zip

Apparently she is still alive? https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/entertainment/tanya-roberts-update/index.html

RIP Tanya Roberts... https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/entertainment/tanya-roberts-death-trnd/index.html

Those caps should run from V+ or V- to ground. The boards have a ground plane (top side of board). Check for continuity to ground on those; if not, jumper them to ground. Sometimes if you use PCB drills and only enlarge slightly, they will still be good.

Happy Birthday Dan!

1) This isn't a headphone site 2) As an engineer, you should already know that nothing is perfect...

I hope this isn't a trick like last year!