Speaker Balance Control

[jack0987]

I have two switches like this and want to create a balance control between two speakers.

These are the rough ranges of my ohm readings

1 + 2 - 0 to 34
1 + 3 - 7 to 35
2 + 3 - 7 to 0

what does the schematic look like?
How do I wire them?

 

[audioguru]

A balance control is high resistance and is connected to the inputs of an amplifier, not a low resistance connected to the amplifier's output.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

A balance control is high resistance and is connected to the inputs of an amplifier, not a low resistance connected to the amplifier's output.

Only a high value balance control is high resistance, you can get low value, high wattage, controls for exactly what he's trying to do - however, they are expensive. You can even get them already mounted in boxes with 100V line transformers, or on their own for low impedance systems.

Essentially it's a vocal PA type component.

 

[jack0987]

Only a high value balance control is high resistance, you can get low value, high wattage, controls for exactly what he's trying to do - however, they are expensive. You can even get them already mounted in boxes with 100V line transformers, or on their own for low impedance systems.

Essentially it's a vocal PA type component.

This is what I have. It appears to be an L-Pad and I may be trying to misuse it as a balance control.

On each of the stereo channels, I have two speakers. A 3-way speaker and a sub-woofer. The sub-woofer has a high frequency filter (it's a coil) built in.
I have connected them in parallel.
To me, the 3-way sounds much more pronounced than the sub-woofer and I want to tone it back a bit.

I have numbered the pins on my L-Pad in the sequence I believe is correct but not sure. Please check.

At present, I am using the L-Pad to tone back the 3-way.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

It's going to be difficult to use as a 'balance' control - simply fit it as a volume control on the speaker that's too loud, as per the diagram in post #4.

If you want to try it as a balance, try '+' in on pin 2 and '+' out on pin 1 to one speaker and pin 3 to the other speaker, join all three '-' together, with no '-' connection to the pot.

 

[jack0987]

It's going to be difficult to use as a 'balance' control - simply fit it as a volume control on the speaker that's too loud, as per the diagram in post #4.

If you want to try it as a balance, try '+' in on pin 2 and '+' out on pin 1 to one speaker and pin 3 to the other speaker, join all three '-' together, with no '-' connection to the pot.

Thanks. Using it as an L-Pad on the dominant speaker solves my problem for now.