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PHOENIX GOLD VMT-100 BONE 120 Watt Impedance-Matching Stereo Volume Control in Bone

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I had to fit this into an "existing construction" outlet box, one of those blue ones with the locking tabs. I had to carve some of the plastic off of the inside of the box to get this to fit. Also, the face plate on this does not cover the edges of the mounting bracket, so if the mounting bracket sticks out from the wall even a little (it did for me), there will be a gap between the face plate and the wall. This is easily remedied in new construction (set the outlet box back from the face of the drywall a little), but its a problem when adding it to existing. All-in-all I'm happy with it, especially considering the $25 price. It sounds good and looks nice.

I bought some of these volume controls for several in-ceiling speakers that are being installed in a home under construction.

Due to the size of the controller, and the wires going to and from it, I found it best to use a deep box (or a box with no back).

I had no real problem installing these. The lack of directions was frustrating at first, but it quickly became apparent that the bracket is necessary since the faceplate is larger than a standard box.

They work well, and with the several color choices Phoenix has provided (white, ivory or bone), they easily fix into most decors.

I would the volume controler to be a great help to control the sound coming into one of our church offices. It included a diagram and instruction that really helped. The only drawback was that the labels attached to indicate positive and negative connections is easy to come off.

This thing is huge, it barely fits in a 2x4 wall without hitting the drywall on the other side. The speaker wire is secured by a small screw. It fits about a quater inch of wire inside the housing. I have problems with the screw connections and speaker wire falling out. It could be designed much better. There are two speaker inputs and two out puts, I had to splice wires to make my surround sound speakers work.