Volume Control True Off Position

Volume Control True Off Position

David, Nope. None of the impedance matching versions out there will have a true off setting, where it totally disconnects from the circuit. This is because the function of the impedance matching is that the whole circuit needs to remain constant. Meaning that the amp sees 8 ohms of impedance all the time. If one were to be taken out of the circuit, the impedance would change, going up in value, thereby all the other speakers would get more quiet. Which would be undesirable. But I haven't experienced that bleed thru with any of the volume controls at all. If you have your system properly initialized with most all of your volume controls set correctly, you shouldn't hear anything when you turn one off. Another option to avoid it completely would be to use a speaker selector as your impedance device and when you need to confidently turn off an area, use the button on the speaker selector. Speaker selectors take the leg completely out of the circuit. In this case, you'd use just regular volume controls with no impedance matching.
On Jun 8, 2008, at 12:33 AM, xxxxx@msn.com wrote: Name : David Yee Message : Hi, Can you tell me if the phoenix gold VSL125-RB volume control has a true OFF setting? If not is there one with a true OFF setting? I had heard that w/o this then there is a small amount of sound coming from the speakers even with the volume setting at the lowest? thx, David.

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