Disaster Rebuilding volume control, is it possible?

Alright, so I was going to check the rating on the volume/power control knob on my Aura speakers (back of room speakers), and when I went to remove the board from the speaker casing, the volume/power potentiometer broke in half (half was still in the front of the speaker, and the part with the pins on it was still on the board, with some of the switch still left on it). So, now I have no back speakers, cause I have no idea what the rating of the switch is, and I can't take it over to the electronics store to have them compare it to another switch to get it replaced. So, to start from scratch we do!

I wanted to remove all of the hardware from the speaker box, leaving just the speakers in it, then run wires out of it to an amp I have here, and yes, the amp does power the speakers. Now, I want to be able to control the volume of the back speakers, as we all do . So I'll need to put a volume control circuit between the speakers and the amp, right? Thing is, I don't know where to start when it comes to building circuits, much less find anything online about building one.

Could someone PLEASE help me?? I really want my surround sound again

 

I believe what might work is called an "L-pad", used in home audio. Im pretty sure its just a potentiometer....

 

What exactly is an L-pad? I know it's a pot, I just don't know the rating, which is what i was looking for before I broke it After I unsoldered the broken pot/switch, I found no numbers on it what so ever, so it looks like I broke it for no reason

 

Im sure someone else will have some better idea as to how to do it, but couldnt you meter the pot with a multi-meter?

 

Well sure I could, if it wern't snapped in half

 

the way audio volume pots work, the line in on 1, line out on 2 and ground on 2, the value may not be _super_ important, just get it in the ballpark and is should work okay.

 

I've got 'em working again. Thanks for all ur help everyone, I realy appreciate it.

 

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care to share how you did it ?

 

I just took the "amp" (or power supply) out of some $15 speakers Kensiko speakers I had lying around. This had the stereo cable that goes to the computer, the cable that goes to the other speaker, and the power cord on it. Along with the volume control and power button. I just connected the speakers to the outputs on it and it works now. I don't have bass control over my back speakers anymore, but that doesn't really matter, since I had no special setting for it. I do still have the old boards from the original circuit, if anyone ever finds the part number of that potentiometer switch. But I'll be getting a 5.1 surround sound system soon anyway, so it's not a big issue anymore.