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Cabinet speaker questions (what to do about volume)
skewba98z28:
It actually is pretty loud for what it is. The cab amplify's the bass. I might add to it at a later date once I get moved into my new house.
garnerb350:
I'm the type of person to where if i buy something, I try not to hack it unless i HAVE to... I had the same situation with my cab... I had a set of 2.1 speakers with the separate volume/on/off control... I ended up just mounting my satellite speakers above the monitor ( like most cabs) but I also drilled and routed a space in between the speaker mounts to where I could set the volume control inside and then took a piece of 1/4 wood (and mounted it over the volume control... I routed just enough area to where the volume control could be accessed without falling out... I love it... It allows me to quickly reach and change volume as needed...
mamefreak2:
--- Quote from: garnerb350 on December 16, 2011, 09:10:10 am ---I'm the type of person to where if i buy something, I try not to hack it unless i HAVE to... I had the same situation with my cab... I had a set of 2.1 speakers with the separate volume/on/off control... I ended up just mounting my satellite speakers above the monitor ( like most cabs) but I also drilled and routed a space in between the speaker mounts to where I could set the volume control inside and then took a piece of 1/4 wood (and mounted it over the volume control... I routed just enough area to where the volume control could be accessed without falling out... I love it... It allows me to quickly reach and change volume as needed...
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That looks cool. Are you using a Griffin powermate for this?
And I get that you routed an opening for the knob but how do you hold it in the cab? I didn't fully understand what you're saying here.
mamefreak2:
--- Quote from: Green Giant on December 15, 2011, 07:43:04 pm ---I came up with this idea quite a few years back. I have it similar to what I assume you are doing, 2.1 speaker system with sub in bottom and 2 above monitor.
I bought a stereo potentiometer similar to one of these: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062359
Then I got a stereo extension cable for headphones similar to: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103868
Cut the cable in half, soldered it to the pot, and done.
Now I turn the volume on the speakers up to full all the time and they are connected to a volume controlling cable. I also have a little knob like http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102830 which is set between the speakers above the monitor to interface with the potentiometer.
It works great. About the only thing I think I should have gone with is a pot that has a longer turn down. Right now I twist it about 180 degrees from nothing to LOUD.
You can go more elegant, but this was the best solution I could think up at the time for a college kid's budget.
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That looks like a cool way to do it too. Do you have a step by step for dummies like myself?
eds1275:
--- Quote from: mamefreak2 on December 14, 2011, 03:53:34 pm ---Okay thanks, can you pleas explain how you'd do this?
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--- Quote from: Green Giant on December 15, 2011, 07:43:04 pm ---I came up with this idea quite a few years back. I have it similar to what I assume you are doing, 2.1 speaker system with sub in bottom and 2 above monitor.
I bought a stereo potentiometer similar to one of these: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062359
Then I got a stereo extension cable for headphones similar to: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103868
Cut the cable in half, soldered it to the pot, and done.
Now I turn the volume on the speakers up to full all the time and they are connected to a volume controlling cable. I also have a little knob like http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102830 which is set between the speakers above the monitor to interface with the potentiometer.
It works great. About the only thing I think I should have gone with is a pot that has a longer turn down. Right now I twist it about 180 degrees from nothing to LOUD.
You can go more elegant, but this was the best solution I could think up at the time for a college kid's budget.
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Pots are easy. If you are looking at the back side with the lugs down, then wire your inputs to the left lugs, outputs to the middle, and the right lug goes to ground. In a stacked potentiometer do the same for the stacked lugs.