mimicing an audio taper pot with linear taper pot...
http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folder...s/potscret.htm
Is this a **good** idea --
I have a piece of equipment (electronic crossover) that originally had audio taper pots. Some of the techs that currently work on this piece of gear seem to think that a linear taper in the unit is fine, that is what they have been spec'ing in their jobs yada yada yada, they talk about the protection factor afforded the drivers from ppl unfamilar with the units, etc....
OTOH there are others who believe that Audio Taper is the way to go. that the sound and responsiveness of the units change with the change in taper...
It does not help that this particular unit used pots that are NLA.
Despite the lack of availability of the parts, I managed to source some NLA carbon composition pots for the unit (and spares), however they are linear taper and I **needed** the audio taper ones. which brings me to the link provided above. Will using the "tapering resistor" present other problems?
Does any of this **really** matter? what differences should I expect between using linear and audio taper pots?
thanks for any insight.