zer061zer0 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2007 Hi guys, my recent post seek for help on constructing a volume control by wiring 2 stereo jacks to a volume pot. I have managed to get it done, 2 stereo jacks and a alps volume pot(100k), but it seems that its a little soft and i have to max the volume to hear the music. I have not try it on my cd player which plays very loudly to my 600ohms headphone though, but have anyone tried anything similar and can shedsome liek if my idea should works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ckng 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2007 Hi guys, my recent post seek for help on constructing a volume control by wiring 2 stereo jacks to a volume pot. I have managed to get it done, 2 stereo jacks and a alps volume pot(100k), but it seems that its a little soft and i have to max the volume to hear the music. I have not try it on my cd player which plays very loudly to my 600ohms headphone though, but have anyone tried anything similar and can shedsome liek if my idea should works. How is the pot connected? Regards CK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zer061zer0 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2007 eh stereo jack1 to pot right and left IN, then using pot right and left OUT to the stereo jack 2. Gnd is connected to the pot, then on the volume pot itself its shot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zer061zer0 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2007 any opinions here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heady 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2007 (edited) Hi, The connection seems correct for the L/R. For the ground connection, the input ground should be connected to the output ground. Both ground on the pot goes to the input ground. That's what I would do. Edited November 22, 2007 by heady Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zer061zer0 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2007 i did shot the gnd on the pot and the gnd from the jacks are connected to the 2 gnd point on the pot, is it the same this way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heady 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2007 Should be the same, although some purists talk about star grounding etc. I think maybe the 100K is too much for the output from the CD? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zer061zer0 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2007 As an update, I have managed to get the volume control to work, using a 50k pot, my self made volume pot is allowing me to listen directly to the output from my cdp, which is really sweet. The cased up volume pot, doesnt it looks like the Creative x-fi sound card The wiring The front output Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loop_ 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) looks sweet... but just wondering. why didn't you just connect the cdp to an amp? Edited December 12, 2007 by loop_ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zer061zer0 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2007 i did, i have 3 amps as output, but sometimes i like to have the cdp direct to my headphones, esp my k240 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
