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Learning Center: Volume Controls

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Desktop Amp Volume Control

All HeadRoom Desktop amps employ a very high quality Swiss-manufactured Alps 'Blue Velvet' continuously variable [smooth operation] potentiometer. It is both dead-silent and durably built for a long, trouble-free lifespan -- not to mention it sounds phenomenal.

Alps volume control

The Alps RK50

Ultimate Volume Pot Upgrade & Not For the Faint of Heart or Wallet. Fits HeadRoom Balanced Max Amp Only.

Our discontinued HeadRoom Max Amp and HeadRoom Balanced Max Amp originally came standard with a stepped attenuator which sounded absolutely terrific, but some audiophiles desire finer control of the volume than the discrete 24-position 'click' intervals of the stepped attenuator design.

Alps volume controlThough it’s definitely a mightily expensive volume potentiometer upgrade and definitely not for the faint of heart or wallet, the ultra high-end, ultra-cherry Swedish-made Alps Brass RK-50 transparently steps in to provide silky smooth, continuously-variable (adjustable) volume. This crazy-outrageously expensive 50kOhm audio taper potentiometer is a superb upgrade from a stepped attenuator, as dang well it should be at this crazy price; these are simply the very best volume controls that cash money can possibly buy. In fact, the Alps folks in Switzerland tell us we are the ONLY manufacturer world-wide to ever buy & use the quad-pot version that's available as a HeadRoom Max Balanced Amp potentiometer upgrade... There's some major bragging rights for ya'!