If you play lots of records made before the RIAA curve became the standard, such flexibility is useful, even necessary for historical archiving. Otherwise, it only introduces extra switches, components and solder joints that can degrade SQ. I once rebuilt a Quad 22 preamp, which offered several curves — I never used them so I stripped them out. I ended up with almost a meter of wire, in many little 1- and 2-inch lengths, plus several switches, little caps and resistors, left over on my bench — and a far better sounding preamp.
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