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who wants tone controls on your next preamp?

I can remeber tone controls. They used to be on preamps, and integrated amplifiers. Then somehow, they vanished. I KNOW why they say they got rid of them, but really i think it was so cable manufacturers could sell billions of dollars worth of cables. Anyone else also notice tone controls disappeared same time as we all started to need 'special cables'? it's a plot!
I want tone control back on my stuff.
How about you?
Of course, they would have to be defeatable.
elizabeth
rwwear
2,692 posts
 
They can make tone controls that work well but they are digital and purists freak out.
A good sub with room EQ sure helps a lot to alleviate the need for tone controls also.
mcfarland
356 posts
 
Yes. Defeatable tone controls. I say bring them back. Poor recordings can be doctored to sound good. Even "bass boost" for low volume listening, and "rumble filters" have been found in my opinion to be quite useful. My old Dyna PAT 4 had a switchable high freq filter that worked wonders on tape hiss. I miss them all.
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mapman
15,679 posts
 
Agreed that use of adjustable subs alleviate the value of other tone controls somewhat and may have helped led to their general demise.
cyclonicman
693 posts
 
I wopuld like to have them, but I don't think it was a conspiracy to sell cables in place of tone controls, unless we can prove that equipment manufacturers are getting a cut of those cable sales.
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jsd52756
345 posts
 
"Fer sure dude". My Yamaha CX1 had them & I do miss them. It had a "pure direct" button to bypass the controls.
My Krell KCT does not. It allowed me to semi-fix the crappy recordings from the 70's and 80's. For ten big ones they oughta be able to put one in there with a bypas button. Maybe even squeeze in a keg-a-rator at that price.
Its all in fun isn't it..?
-John
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