Can Pre Outs Be Added To The Stereomour

[astroimage2002]

Many thanks John and Granger for the links. They help.

Brian

[astroimage2002]

Hi All,

A follow up. I have ordered and received the new pot. There are a couple of marked differences between the stock one and the new one. First, the new pot is much bigger than the stock one both in diameter and height. Not a show stopper because there is room on the top plate for it and nothing underneath it. The second, and more concerning, is that the anti-rotate lug does not engage the hole in the top plate.

Now I realize that this is a "test" so I do not think that I will modify the top plate until I am sure that "it" will work.Do you see any harm in just letting the lug rest against the top plate and tightening the nut? I know that it isn't perfect, the knob will not sit parallel to the plate and so on but that really does not concern me to much at this point. I will clean up the esthetics if the pot works out.

Lastly, all that I need to do to wire up the new pot is to "move" the wires from the old pot to the new pot, correct? As described in the manual. No voodoo? ...I ain't ready to let the magic smoke out yet ;0)     

Brian


   

[Paul Joppa]

I'm pretty sure that just moving the wires will work fine, and very confident that even if it doesn't, it won't hurt anything.

Offsetting the anti-rotate lug does not strike me as a good idea, mechanically. Perhaps you can find an extra nut to put on the pot before you install it, which would increase the clearance? It should be a fairly standard nut, easy to find.

[astroimage2002]

Hi Paul and All,

I have finally installed the new caps, the new volume control and everything else that I have ordered. The results are very good. The vocals seem to be much more to the forefront. Not a deal breaker...

So I am ready for the next step to add the pre outs. What do I do next?

Brian

[Paul Joppa]

"Run a coax or STP from the output and ground connections of each channel to an RCA jack, and you are done." That's from my earlier post, referring to the output and ground of the new pot. You already have a STP from one of the RCA jack pairs to the switch, just transfer it to the pot. If it's long enough, that is ...

[astroimage2002]

Paul,

Thank you for your reply. I have read it several times and I am still lost. Please remember that I am a novice and not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Can you tell me connection points? ...Sorry to be a dumb _ _ _ _ (fill in whatever expletive that you want) but I need point A to point B elementary stuff. My skill set is very limited!

I'll tell you again that the Stereomour is holding it's own against a 4x more expensive setup! Kudos to you and your group!

Brian