who wants tone controls on your next preamp?

I also have defeatable tone controls and there is little degradation in the sound with them "in" vs. "out". But a big improvement in overall balance with them "in".
Am now going one step further with digital parametric equalizer now.

Should add that when I was an audiophile I wouldn't have dared to use tone controls but since I stopped putting music on such a high pedestal, I am not afraid of altering the sound anymore. What do all those recording engineers know anyhow?

Too many variables,,give me tone controls!

Funny Ray.

I prefer a nice sub paired with a neutral preamp that uses no tone controls, not much if any sound quality loss there. But I thought NAD did a nice job implimenting them on their older preamps from the late eighties because they still sounded spectacular.

It's interesting that when I a/b the outputs on my gfp715 there is VERY little difference (if you leave it "flat" that is)...and on the "tone" side you hear very little difference (almost none really) when you engage the "tone in" switch. I think that's a sign of good design, although the "audio illuminati" would likely dismiss this preamp altogether since it's a bargain. But then, I'm a long time professional musician/recording engineer so what the hell do I know?