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Whirlwind Club... Members Only!

By mof

10 years ago


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#2140 5 years ago

Has anyone updated/upgraded the volume pot for their Whirlwind? The current pot is stock. I don't like it because, at the lowest setting, this sucker can still be pretty loud. I'm placing a Mouser order for some parts regarding another project (building an KT88 SE monoblock amp) and am thinking about adding a volume pot to the order for Whirlwind.

The schematics list the stock pot being 7.1Ω so I'm thinking a 25-50Ω thingie might do a better job.

I want to be able to go from silence to arcade-level loud.

Experiences?

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#2143 5 years ago

Ah hah! I forgot about the resistor in series with the pot. That's what I get from writing while at work and not near my pin to examine it. Thanks PinZen! I shall try that first.

When we brought this game home, the volume pot was scratchy. I opened it up to find a copper wire loosely wound around the resistor. I guess the former owner was trying to do the same thing, but never really finished the mod.

Thanks again.

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