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Phoenix Gold has been in the consumer electronics industry for many years and has built its reputation on the quality of its products. Phoenix Gold is committed to continuing that reputation by providing world-class products and service.
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Good volume control
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This volume control works very well. Its range is from 0 being off to 10 being full volume. It has very nice detents so you know what level of volume you are at without listening. I find this helpful as the control is outside and master volume is inside. I set the outside control to about 5 and then turn the amplifier a little louder than normal. 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.
The control seems to be solidly constructed and fairly easy to install. I put it outside, but in a protected area. So far no problems.
Rating: 
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-11-10
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Phoenix Gold Volume Control
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I'm using this to control two in-ceiling speakers in our home. 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.
Rating: 
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-10-25
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Good product and good price
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I am very pleased with the volume controls. 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.
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-10-24
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Caused my amplifier protection circuit to trip
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I installed this volume control in a fully 8-ohm speaker configuration, so I did not have to use the impedance matching jumpers. 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 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. I checked the connections and everything was OK. When I removed and bypassed this control (just using the amplifier volume control), everything worked fine. So there was definitely something wrong with the control. Also, I should note that the plastic face plate does not match standard Decora-style wall plates - it almost fits, but not quite. So you can't use your existing Decora wall plate. I'm returning this for a higher quality version, such as the Niles controls.
Rating: 
(2
out of 5) @ 2008-10-20
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Poor sound quality...
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I bought the VMT-100 to control the volume of a pair of Bose, in-wall speakers I purchased at the same time. Once installed, I was very disappointed with the flat/dull sound from the Bose and was almost ready to return them. 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... 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.
Rating:
(2
out of 5) @ 2008-10-19
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