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Dis- I've yet to find a pot that I liked. I much prefer a ladder-type stepped attenuator which places only one resistor and two contacts in series with the signal at any position. The series type stepped attenuators are usually too much of a compromise. However, these can be a pain-in-the-butt to properly assemble. Soldering skills need to be practiced before attempting these as it is relatively easy to overheat the contact pads on a lot of the switches, particularly the Shallcross. Even with all of this to consider, it is definitely a significant sonic improvement especially when done correctly with Holco, Caddock, or Vishay resistors. Good luck.

Dismalonyx, If you can find the Levinson conductive plastic pots,they are extremely good. They run about $300 and up when you can find them. Good Luck! Tom

I am currently using an Alps Black Beauty which works great. It is much better sounding and higher quality than a Noble pot I was using. Someday I might upgrade to a Penny & Giles pot, but their cheapest pot is $250.

The year was 1974 and I was at a Grateful Dead concert.