[Jukebox-list] Remote volume

[Bob E.]

At 12:31 PM 6/3/06 -0700, you wrote:
>Can anyone expalin why Seeburg went from a remote volume, with the Volume
Potentiometer located in the remote control, to the motorized more recent
type. It would seem logical, and much more cost effective to mount the
Poteniometer remotely?
>Think about what it takes to control the pot remotely, compared to the pot
being remote.

The volume control circuit is a sensitive part of the amplifier circuit.  Too
easy to introduce hum, noise, static and interference.  The remote volume
controls with the pot in them had to have shielded cable, and were limited as
to the length of the wire run.

--Bob

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