Help broken pre amp and I can't find the parts

[jonmiller]

Hello recently moved my studio into a new home while building kut my new space and my ART Pro MPA took a dive. Everything works fine except one high pass filter and one digital output. Both of the pots have snapped off and I am looking to replace them

I uploaded a photo of the pot it looks like a 10k I tried to replace it with another standard Pot but it won't fit in the case does anyone know where I can buy something this small?

 

[bobschwenkler]

There's no photo. Did you check a parts catalog yet?

 

[jonmiller]

sorry about that.  here is the photo.

ya i checked mouser and digikey

 

[dissonantstring]

hello john,
i don't think this beast is that rare, but by the looks of the photo it looks like the Sasquatch footage from way back. ;D
can you perhaps provide a better picture and also dimensions (shaft and thread lengths,  body dims, etc. which will be helpful and important if you're trying to find an exact replacement).

did you try to contact ART for the part?  they'll charge a premium for a replacement part i'm sure, but you'll get the exact part for perfect replacement.

best.
grant

 

[zayance]

Looking at that old picture  , i'd say Bourns pot (PTD901)or maybe 9mm Alpha ones???, something like this:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bourns.com%2Fdata%2Fglobal%2Fpdfs%2FPTD90.pdf

or alpha:

http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=693

But sometimes you can have a hard time finding the exact one, meaning resistance/shaft size/dimension etc...
And so it's easier to deal directly with the product brand, but again that's sometimes...
As dissonantstring suggested, check dimensions and report back......

 

[kato]

Go to war with the pot you have, not the pot you wish you had.
(Drill the hole bigger.)

Welcome to the lab!