I added remote volume control to a vintage quad Marantz! No modification needed!

[coineno]

how is the sound quality? (S/N rate? )

 

[BigElCat]

how is the sound quality? (S/N rate? )

He said s/n measures low at 57 db, but the unit sounds fine.

 

[E-Stat]

Here's what I find to be the most elegant approach.

 

[tom3]

Or a Sansui RG-900 graphic EQ with the remote, controls volume and tone, looks nice too. Doesn't have all the inputs though. Cheap these days.

Or maybe create a remote operator with an arduino project.

 

[StimpyWan]

The first product that Ken Kantor personally designed at Acoustic Research, was an add-on remote control unit. The AR SRC. Very decent too. It even got a positive review from Gordon Holt and Stereophile. I still have one around here somewhere.

 

[the skipper]

Great find! Thanks for sharing.

 

[pumablues]

If anyone hits this thread, and is looking (like I WAS), the MCM IR volume controller is available at Newark AV now:
https://www.newark.com/mcm-custom-a...ume-control-rohs/dp/79X4195?st=volume control

Additionally, I've been scoping out various "remote volume preamps" on the ol' bay... lots of options, though who knows if they actually do what I'm hoping they will. Here's an example.

I also just found an ad on youtube, for a device that someobody seems to be making out of their home shop. Includes a nice DAC, apparently, but asking close to $600 for it... I suspect its a sole proprietor outfit of some kind:
www.essenceelectrostatic.com