PHOENIX GOLD VMT-100 WHITE 100/50 Watt Impedance-Matching Stereo Volume Control in White
Phoenix Gold offers the widest frequency response of any volume control on the market today with virtually no high or low end roll off resulting in audiophile sound quality. Connect Up to 8 Speakers to this Single Volume Control. This volume control will allow you to control the volume of 8 pairs of speakers from one central location, with out overloading the stereo amplifier. This will allow you to place speakers in 8 different rooms through out your home, and control the overall volume from one location.
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PHOENIX GOLD VMT-100 WHITE 100/50 Watt Impedance-Matching Stereo Volume Control in White Reviews
The control seems to be solidly constructed and fairly easy to install.
I find this helpful as the control is outside and master volume is inside.
So far no problems.
I set the outside control to about 5 and then turn the amplifier a little louder than normal.
It has very nice detents so you know what level of volume you are at without listening.
Its range is from 0 being off to 10 being full volume.
When I go back outside the volume can stay where it is or be turned up for a really good song and then back down without having to go in and out of the house.
This volume control works very well.
I put it outside, but in a protected area.
The house was pre-wired so installing the volume control was quick and easy. If you're looking for something that's inexpensive and gets the job done, you can't get much better than this. I'm using this to control two in-ceiling speakers in our home.
Very well engineered and easy to install. The face plates mount flush and the notched volume action is nice. I would definitely buy them again. I am very pleased with the volume controls.
So you can't use your existing Decora wall plate. When I turned on the amp and tried to use the control, it worked for about 10-20 minutes at 50% volume level on my amp before the amplifier protection circuitry tripped. This happened 3-4 times. Also, I should note that the plastic face plate does not match standard Decora-style wall plates - it almost fits, but not quite. The general construction seemed a bit cheap to me, including the wire connectors and the front mounting plate, which for some reason is actually made up of two different plates plus the decora-style wall plate.
When I removed and bypassed this control (just using the amplifier volume control), everything worked fine. I installed this volume control in a fully 8-ohm speaker configuration, so I did not have to use the impedance matching jumpers. I'm returning this for a higher quality version, such as the Niles controls. I checked the connections and everything was OK. So there was definitely something wrong with the control.
Once installed, I was very disappointed with the flat/dull sound from the Bose and was almost ready to return them. I bought the VMT-100 to control the volume of a pair of Bose, in-wall speakers I purchased at the same time. with the Niles volume control the speakers "woke" right up and now seem to produce both the crisp highs and lows the VMT-100 wouldn't pass through. After double checking all the connections (used Monster, 14ga in-wall cable) decided to try a different volume control (a more expensive one from Niles) before giving up on the speakers. At least in this case, cost equals performance/quality.
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