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
No problem. I'm on the same page with the uncertainty. I work on medical electronics for a living and taught it before that. One of the first things we would discuss when talking about measurements was that in order to measure anything you must disturb it or extract energy from it which alters what it is you are trying to measure.

I also agree that the realization of the absolute sound in the sense that is 100% the same is most certainly impossible. Another factor often ignored is that unless you are blind or have your eyes closed a live event is a visual experience too, not to mention the odors that wafted through the venue when I attended rock concerts in the 70's and 80's and the feeling of being jostled about in huge crowd.. Recreating that would be a neat trick.

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"This hobby is supposed to be about enjoying your favorite music"

There are different forums for that. My late relative really enjoyed the music on really bad transistor radio.

"with or without tone controls is just a means to an end"

That's exactly what Audio Forum is about - "means".