I'm building the noise cancelling headphones here: **broken link removed**
Problem is, the variable listed 100kohm 1/4W linear taper, single turn is, according to digikey, obsolete. Is there a replacement I could use for this?
Thanks!
edit: also, could someone let me know what side adjustment, top adjustment, etc is? And what dual-gang means? This is all new to me; thanks!
R14 and R23 are panel mount dual pots, side or top adjust does not apply in this case. FYI, side or top adjust applies to trim pots which are mounted on the PC board.
Mouser part number for a linear taper, 100K, panel mount pot is: 313-1250f-100K. For audio taper: 313-1240f-100K
The response of the ear to sound is logrithmic, so audio taper pots are log taper .
In the article it mentions that a linear taper is used as fixed resistor is used in parallel to effectively alter the response. It works as a log adjustment with the fixed resistor in parallel.
The wattage shouldn't matter, as it's 100k and the maximum voltage through it without clipping at the next stage is under 1v, you won't get even close to 0.08W.
Mylar caps are quite common. Usually the voltage rating is around 63v or more, anything over 25 or so will be fine.