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myrmidon:

Hi All,

I would like to mount an inline volume pot somewhere beside the speaker (so that the player can adjust the volume 'on demand'). Can I simply wire this in series with the speaker to form a 'passive' downstream volume control? If yes, what resistance should the pot be?

Furthermore, (unfortunately I don't have any advanced electronics knowledge), what effect would such a pot have on the games? (BEcause the pot would be increasing the resistance on the speaker loop - is this bad for the audio amp?)

Thanks
WhereEaglesDare:
You need a pot that is designed for this application.  A normal pot will increase the resistance, or impedance, but one designed to be a inline volume control will do what is called impedance matching and will not burn out your speaker output on your game.  A normal one can blow your amplifier.
BKahuna:
What you need is called an "L-Pad".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_pad
myrmidon:

--- Quote from: BKahuna on August 28, 2010, 01:38:55 pm ---What you need is called an "L-Pad".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_pad

--- End quote ---

Aah, interesting (had never heard of that). Thanks for the info.

So I don't know what 'load' I would need. For example, would this one work?
http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/8MLP/8_OHM_L-PAD,_MONO_15W/-/1.html
shfifty:
if you are using pc speakers that already have a volume control knob, it may be easier to just replace/relocate that. I'm using logitech 2.1 pc speakers and will just be rewiring the potentiometer up to my mounted one. the original one is is a 10K linear. 
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