• Hi Martin,


    Believe it or not, it´s me again...

    On your parts list the pots are stated as:
    - 10k lin x 1
    - 22k lin x 1
    - 220k lin x 2
    - 220k log x 1
    - 470k log x 1
    - 1M log x 3


    In my kit I´ve got:

    - 10K A x1
    - B25K x 1
    - B250K x 2
    - A250K x 1
    - A500K x 1
    - A1M x 3

    OK,

    A = log ?
    B = lin ?

    Shouldn´t the 10K pot have been an "B" in order to be a linear?

    As I suppose that you have spent much time finetuning your design and finally taken the decison for certain values, shouldn´t the pots have been according to your list in order to get "your" sound?

    Maybe 25 is "close enough" to 22 and maybe 250 is "close enough" to 220 and 500 might be "close enough" to 470, but for some reason you went for 22 not 25, 220 not 250 and 470 instead of 500.

    I just want my Madamp to sound the way you intended it to do.

    kind regards

    peter

    Edit:

    Seems like the 22/25, 220/250 and 470/500-pots are interchangeable, so my only question is regarding the 10K bias pot.

  • lin and log confusion

    Hi Peter,
    as you've realized 470/500, 22/25 and 220/250 pots are interchangeable, that doesn't affect the sound. The confusion with the values and lin/log is based on european and american (+ rest of world) standards of variable resistors.
    European: 470K, 22K, 220K, A=lin, B=log (the 10K pot for Bias is marked like this)
    American: 500K, 25K, 250K, A=log (A = "audio"), B= lin (all other pots from Alpha)
    I think I need to add this to the documentation to prevent confusion...
    Regards,
    Martin

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