Advice for those who use amp remotes

[Sguirrelfeather]

Maybe this has been hit upon before, but I haven't seen it. I guess my advice is simply this: If you use a remote gain on your amp and you ever have to replace the wire, double check your voltages. I have a FSD-2600 with a remote which is connected via 4 conductor phone cord. I had a small episode which pulled on the cord and broke one of the wires. So, I replaced it with a cheapie from Wally World. Things just didn't quite sound right after that. I re-did my gains today and found that I was several volts off from previously. That new cord changed the resistance enough to affect my gains. Lesson learned.

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[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

Hmm. It's all phone cord, so I just used what I had around that was long enough.... worked fine for me

 

[Sguirrelfeather]

Well, it was Walmart crap soooo....... lol

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

always monoprice, cheap and leaps+bounds above walmart when it comes to quality.

 

[Sguirrelfeather]

always monoprice, cheap and leaps+bounds above walmart when it comes to quality.

Agreed, but I had to replace it immediately, so I cheaped out. lol