Remote volume control
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These devices exist. They are connected to tape loop and allow you to change the volume.
THere are a few threads here on this, one of them could probably be mine:yes: I'll try to find it and post the URL here.
THere are a few threads here on this, one of them could probably be mine:yes: I'll try to find it and post the URL here.
cubdog
banging through drywall
Thanks. It seems there would be a real market for these if they didn't color the sound. Like a passive pre that only controled volume. There are alot of tube integrateds I'm interested in but I need a remote. It's not a question of being lazy but in the real world sometimes we all need to immediately reduce the volume.
cubdog
cubdog
banging through drywall
There would be if they were cheap enough, but that's hard to do. Even the most basic setup of a passive attenuator via a few resistors combined with a motorized stereo pot with power supply, once you add a decent enclosure and hardware you've probably got a $50+ device and nobody will trust it with high end gear. Go to high-end parts, and cost shoots up in a hurry, and you've still got the finicky aspect of varying impedance. Add a quality buffer, or replace the pot with autoformer-based attenuation, and you've got basically a whole preamp without source selection (and a cost to match), so why not just have a preamp?
Ghoulardi
Well-Known Member
I can recommend the Chase RLC-1. I just bought a second one for another system as I really like what it does. Remote control through the tape loop. Volume, balance, and tone controls. Usually available for $50-$75 in auction land. The one I just got is new in box and was just over $50. Well worth a try. If you don't like it they are easily to resell.
Got the AR unit gosh, maybe early 1980s? Still works great! You can run it through a tape loop; it gives you a remote-controlled loop back plus a manual monitor loop (button on top right; can barely see it.)
+1. I use a Chase RLC-1 in my living room system. One thing to be aware of is that it has a built-in loudness compensation. There is a thread here on AK that explains how to easily modify the circuit to eliminate the loudness compensation.
Not that I know of. Of those three, the Chase is the most common & if you watch eBay you'll see one fairly soon. There were a bunch that passed through in the past couple of months. The AR unit is a lot less common, as is the Pioneer piece.
I've seen some DIY pieces though, might do some google searches in the DIY forum here on AK or possibly at diyaudio.com and see what you turn up.
John
I've seen some DIY pieces though, might do some google searches in the DIY forum here on AK or possibly at diyaudio.com and see what you turn up.
John
I recently bought a Chase RLC-1 and am happy with it. Thanks to tcdriver for information about disabling the loudness compensation.
Does anyone have a schematic for the Chase? I noticed that the the circuit board is full of ceramic capacitors, and was wondering if it would be worth replacing any of them with better capacitors.
JS audio
New Member
I have a home theater system in my living room. Using a Yamaha amp I wanted remote speakers on my patio. I went to Frys electronics here in so-cal & bought two audio attenuator's ( volume controls) one left & one for the right & ran my remote or "B" speakers wires to them.About a 35 dollar deal in all . works great. just a thought
Attachments
Ceramic? No. Maybe electrolytics but those won't have aged all that much in one of these pieces...
John
John
legal eagle
Sound Hound
I use a Creek OBH-12, which is a passive preamp - wonderful. These things are tiny so do not take any real space.
Here's a a DIY passive attenuator project with remote control I was not previously aware of. It is not super easy or cheap (although the board is cheap), but it's certainly a bit different from other stuff that is out there. Uses the LCDuino project from the same guy as the controller/display.
http://www.amb.org/audio/delta1/
http://www.amb.org/audio/delta1/
westend
Audiopile
AMB seems to have a lot going on for the DIY'er. Thanks for posting that up.
Here's a remote volume control I built a while back. Initially it had a wired remote but shortly thereafter I made it a RF wireless remote.
Cheap and easy to build.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=200986
Cheap and easy to build.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=200986
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