RE: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times.

Posted by baileyler (A) on May 15, 2016 at 05:55:51

In Reply to: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times. posted by Michael Samra on May 14, 2016 at 23:41:20:

I can't comment on the electronics of tone control, but I have multiple sets of speakers in the same general area that can be connected to a multitude of different amps (all tube at this moment, and all different types of power tubes) in a less than ideal setup in very imperfect listening area with aging ears. Even relatively minor changes in volume can produce drastically different response in my systems.

I want things to sound "good" to me, and I really don't care about anyone else's opinion when I listen to music by myself (which is 99% of the time). If I could not play with the tone controls on my preamp (which is a McIntosh SS), then I probably would not enjoy listening very much.

While I do have various tubes I prefer in my amps over others (both input and power), it is usually not because of the sound profile (I tend not to hear all the level of difference that people spend countless hours discussing on this forum and others).

For me, it is tone controls that allow me to adjust everything to what I want to listen to at that particular moment.

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Topic - Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times. - Michael Samra 23:41:20 05/14/16 (14)

RE: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times. - SpotcheckBilly12345 08:39:15 07/29/16 (0)

RE: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times. - pmaneri@samsontech.com 14:54:52 07/26/16 (0)

RE: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times. - E-Stat 07:51:36 05/16/16 (1)

RE: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times. - Michael Samra 20:36:29 05/16/16 (0)

It's More Than Phase Shift - Triode_Kingdom 11:56:49 05/15/16 (1)

RE: It's More Than Phase Shift - Michael Samra 17:39:27 05/15/16 (0)

RE: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times. - SETdude 08:30:46 05/15/16 (0)

RE: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times. - TRUFI 07:45:20 05/15/16 (1)

RE: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times. - Michael Samra 20:39:36 05/16/16 (0)

Not about the tone controls, but the setup on the heaters - FenderLover 07:41:37 05/15/16 (1)

Thats an HK citation one. - Michael Samra 20:40:38 05/16/16 (0)

RE: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times. - baileyler 05:55:51 05/15/16 (2)

yeah, yeah... - Byrd69 07:11:30 05/15/16 (1)

RE: yeah, yeah..., I don't like the dispariging... - Mechans 00:42:10 05/16/16 (0)

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RE: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times. - baileyler 05:55:51 05/15/16 (2)

yeah, yeah... - Byrd69 07:11:30 05/15/16 (1)

RE: yeah, yeah..., I don't like the dispariging... - Mechans 00:42:10 05/16/16 (0)

RE: Tone Controls in preamps and their valuable uses at times.

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