Retrofitting analogue volume control

[meow2222]

Some amps meaning nothing made in the last 40 or so years. Its a DAB radio, not a 1950s amp complete with spark gap.

NT

[Ian Jackson]

Look, we are talking about a DAB alarm radio, aren't we? If so, there's probably no need for all this FUD. A few extra ohms in series with the speaker isn't going to hurt anything.

If this was a hi-fi system, at worst you might be worrying about the reduction of damping of the loudspeaker (which would show up its natural resonance and therefore affect its frequency response). But even a high power audio amplifier should not suffer any damage whatsoever when driving into higher-than-normal impedances (including a complete open circuit).

[Dave Liquorice]

Would you notice on DAB?

The only DAB I've heard one could *just* tell the difference in boiling mud noises between speech and music, the speech had pauses between sentances the music didn't...

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Never mind Dave. You'll probably get AC mains out your way one day too. ;-)