[sdiy] Which cheap pots are acceptable?

[Studio 271 Productions]

I'll second that one. I use those xicons  (17mm mini carbon comps, p.359) 
from mouser all of the time (US$0.68 apiece in the 100s), and they work 
great. I also get the eagle soft touch knobs (p.829) with them (US$0.36 
apiece in the 100s), and they seem to work OK for me (I don't ask for much, 
though).

At 03:40 PM 6/9/2003, you wrote:

>         I use these pots.  They have a pretty good feel for a cheap pot 
> (and if you buy them in 100's, they are like 87 cents apiece).  A $6 pot 
> like a bournes does feel better...but it costs....$6.
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>         I have only had one of these pots fail...I built a speed 
> controller for a model railroad, and after about 6 years, the bushing in 
> the pot wore out...but that is because the guy I built it for likes to 
> push on the knob while turning it....but I have these things in stuff I 
> built 20 years ago, and they are still working quite acceptably.
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>Michael Schulze wrote:
>>Well, I've used up all the cool 30 year old sealed cts pots I found at the
>>surplus store, and I now need to start paying retail.
>>I'd like to ask where y'all are getting cheap general purpose 100k pots.
>>Mouser has some xicons for about a buck each.  Are these good enough for
>>general analog synth use?
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