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I have a 6-pin B50K potentiometer used for the Bass/Treble control of a desktop speakers set. This pot is broken and getting this piece is costly to get (price, time - mainly from China).

I don't need to tweak the Bass/Treble at the hardware level ( never had to ), is there a way to bypass this with a basic resistor? Which one, pls?

thanks

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    \$\begingroup\$ Most likely it is possible to bypass, but without further info it will not be possibe to say how exactly it would be possible. \$\endgroup\$
    – Justme
    Commented Nov 17, 2021 at 12:27

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The 6-pin pot is dual channel. This means you have two pots in one enclosure. The top level 3-pins are the first pot and the bottom level 3-pins are the second pot. You can choose to replace them with 4 regular 25K resistors. Replacing the 50K variable value with the center value of 25K. This gives you the 'center' value of the original setup.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Hello @Rens Thank for your swift response, it makes so much sense that I feel ashamed. :/ \$\endgroup\$
    – J. Doe
    Commented Nov 17, 2021 at 14:09

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