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I have a Yamaha receiver. While I appreciate the sound and clarity, it has always bothered me that the Yamaha tone controls are mostly meaningless. Why did they even bother putting bass and treble knobs on these things? I'm leaning toward looking for a receiver with meaningful tone controls, if such a beast still exists?
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what do you mean.
They adjust it TOO much or not enough? For instance on my NAD the tone controls are set so that they only adjust the extremes. i dont care because i just bypass them anyway though.
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Tone controls are historically scoffed at by "audiophiles". The reasoning is straightforward enough...adjusting tone introduces distortion away from what the musicians intended, blah blah blah.
Many receivers have perfectly functional tone controls, if that sort of thing is your cup of tea. Ask a knowledegable local dealer for which receiver has what you're looking for...just be prepared for some funny looks.
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In reply to:
The reasoning is straightforward enough...adjusting tone introduces distortion away from what the musicians intended, blah blah blah.
The same arguement can be used against tube amps...
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Bruce, the Yamaha tone controls are typical of those on receivers. Maybe you could clarify what you're specifically looking for.
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Before I had the Yammie I had a dolby pro logic Pioneer which possessed more pronounced tonal adjustment. Apparently, Pioneer is hanging on to this remnant of the past along with a loudness control, does anyone remember LC.
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NOT ENOUGH, I just feel that, as owners of hi-fi equipment we ought to be given the ability to set the bass and treble the way we want to hear it, not as some manufacturer decides it should be.
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Begone, ye who desires to mess(eth) with authoritahhhh!
I agree, though, that people should be able to tweak the sound as they see fit.
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sounds like you better get an EQ (gasp)
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