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From: Dave Plowman (News) on 9 Feb 2010 08:34
In article <hkrcbc$b5p$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
N_Cook <diverse(a)tcp.co.uk> wrote:
> Dave Plowman (News) <dave(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:50e6d12a87dave(a)davenoise.co.uk...
> > In article <7tbtejF24eU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > Phil Allison <phil_a(a)tpg.com.au> wrote:
> > > > Another very great advantage that they have over conventional
> > > > pots, is that they can have multiple functionality under software
> > > > assignment.
> >
> > > ** Fact is, they must have this feature to keep the total cost of a
> > > mixer from becoming insane.
> >
> > With pro gear, reliability, longevity and reduced maintenance can be
> > more important than initial cost. We're not talking Behringer here.


> Is pro gear better protected from the effects of having beer etc spilt
> into it?

No - although in my job it's more likely to be coffee. The trick is to
wash it out as soon as possible, then dry out slowly.

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From: Dave Plowman (News) on 9 Feb 2010 19:05
In article <hks7is$vf3$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
bob urz <sound(a)inetnebr.com> wrote:
> I would have to agree on the long term life time after a line is
> discontinued. Where analog desks use many common analog parts, most
> digital desk use mostly proprietary DSP's, gate arrays and such.
> once the original OEM runs out of parts, cannibalization is probably the
> only way to keep them going.

There can be problems getting pots and switches too for some analogue
makes. And they will be needed on most if heavily used.

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From: Arfa Daily on 10 Feb 2010 04:31

"Phil Allison" <phil_a(a)tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:7tbtejF24eU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>
> "Arfa Daily"
>
>> Agreed. Much domestic audio equipment these days uses rotary encoders
>> driving electronic volume controls
>
> ** Which has got nothing to do with a multi-channel mixing desks using
> 100 - 200 rotary pots - all of which need to have their setting obvious
> at a glance.
>
>
>> and, whilst they do of course sometimes give trouble, overall, I would
>> say a lot less than conventional pots,
>
>
> ** The cost of replacement is absurd compared to a simple pot.
>
>
>> Another very great advantage that they have over conventional pots, is
>> that they can have multiple functionality under software assignment.
>
> ** Fact is, they must have this feature to keep the total cost of a mixer
> from becoming insane.
>
> There is nothing wrong with the humble pot and linear fader, which unlike
> encoders give * stepless * adjustment of levels with low THD and noise at
> low cost.
>
> Good quality ones with cermet or plastic tracks have an enormously long
> life.
>
>
> .... Phil
>
>

For the most part, again, agreed. However, I was talking more in general
about the overall situation of rotary encoders, and their uses, particularly
in *domestic* audio equipment. And the ones in those items are no
more expensive than a conventional pot. Multiple task assignment for the
devices, on that sort of equipment, is more a matter of aesthetics, than
cost ...

Arfa


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