If nothing else, I would appreciate a control that addresses the most common frequency problems found in recordings. Even a well-tuned system is going to sound edgy when the recording is edgy, and some great performances are only available that way.
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.
I want tone control back on my stuff.
How about you?
Of course, they would have to be defeatable.
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You may not realize it but if you have speakers with a passive crossover, you have tone controls in your system. Actually it's even worse than the electronic tone controls as you have high current going through the crossover which limits dynamics and could add more distortion than the line-level counterparts. I discovered this when running Seas ER15RLY full range with no crossover. These speakers dropped nearly 10dB at 100hz. But when used in commercial speakers you may not only see flat to 60hz but even a 5db BOOST at 100hz. Ain't coming from the driver itself, that's for sure! |
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