$50 pots

**line6man** · #1 10-30-2008, 10:37 PM

Has anybody tried these pots???

http://www.alessandro-products.com/parts.html

I'm not trying to bash the company or anything, but I am incredibly curious as to how a pot can be worth $50

Nick Kay · #2 10-30-2008, 10:46 PM

Those prices are insane. 50 bucks for a CAP. Not even a mechanical part, a CAPACITOR. 300 bucks for a wiring harness. That's friggin ridiculous.

jimbilly · #3 10-30-2008, 10:57 PM

I've got one of the Allessandro home bias-meters, he's always been quick to answer emails etc, he seems like a reasonable and decent guy, the bias meter was reasonably priced, so not everything he sells is really expensive.
Here's his description: "Finest guitar pots available. Alessandro proprietary custom audio taper. This audio-taper pot eliminates the "jumpiness" of the lesser-quality pots. Alessandro custom 1W Military-Specification Carbon Custom Taper Pots Come Standard with: 1/2" bushing 1/4" solid Stainless Steel shaft "
If they really are the finest available, $50 doesn't sound too bad, they probably last FOREVER, -any other pots you know of use solid stainless steel shafts? The best of anything is gonna cost you.

Munjibunga · #4 10-30-2008, 11:03 PM

Them mus' be some mighty fine pots, eh?

HEADLE · #5 10-30-2008, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbilly

If they really are the finest available, $50 doesn't sound too bad, they probably last FOREVER, -any other pots you know of use solid stainless steel shafts? The best of anything is gonna cost you.

Think about it though. If you own a bass for fifty years and change the pots maybe twice you're out what $15.00 if you buy some good ones. And Stainless shafts??? Why bother. Seems a little extravagant to me.

H

vin*tone · #6 10-30-2008, 11:33 PM

Their headphones on the other hand....
http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.html
are extremely good value.

HEADLE · #7 10-30-2008, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by vin*tone

Their headphones on the other hand....
http://www.alessandro-products.com/headphones.html
are extremely good value.

I'd love to give them a listen. I play through headphones a lot.

H

T-Bird · #8 10-30-2008, 11:38 PM

Hi.

You folks did notice that those potentiometers in question are 1W & 2W types? Much more expensive than the normal .25W or .5W ones. Not that the power handling is needed in lo-level AF circuits

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I don't think that he has too much problems with selling those if the specs are as advertised.

Regards
Sam

PilbaraBass · #9 10-31-2008, 12:21 AM

audiophile gear can be expensive...and it is indeed expensive to make...but are things like silver wire wound inductors really necessary???

you have to be able to determine for yourself what is good value and what isn't...

I use $2 pots and they sound like $2 pots...I reckon a $50 pot would sound like a...a....$10 pot

derelicte · #10 10-31-2008, 02:18 AM

My Le Creuset pot set me back $120...... worth every penny!

adge · #11 10-31-2008, 02:25 AM

you want pricey- check out the amps!!!

PilbaraBass · #12 10-31-2008, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by adge

you want pricey- check out the amps!!!

yeah, I know....

but aren't they AWESOME!??

meowmeow · #13 10-31-2008, 09:29 PM

FWIW their headphones are basically rebranded grados so I wouldnt be surprised if something similiar was going on with the pots.

koobie · #14 10-31-2008, 09:51 PM

I think his really high-end offerings, (like the gold-plated guitar amp chassis at $50k), is purely a clever marketing move. Doubt if they've ever sold one, it's just a way to get people talking about their brand. See, it worked.

stoneboy26 · #15 10-31-2008, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by derelicte

My Le Creuset pot set me back $120...... worth every penny!

Man, I wish they sold Le Creuset pots that cheap in Oz...i'd have a cupboard full!!!

As for these $50 pots...seems a little excessive to me...but then again, I almost spent the $$ on one of HAS's pots so that I could run a stacked pot eq on a OBP-1 - but the postage was more than the pot itself...