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Preamps ... no bass or treble control?

I grew up on my father's integrated amps. Since then I have only used HT type amps.

I'm putting together a poor mans 2 channel system and I was looking at this Rogue Audio preamp to go with an Adcom amp. I noticed it did not have bass or treble controls. Is this normal? I guess audio enthusiasts just "accept" the bass, mid and treble of their recordings these days?

Thanks,
Bob

Mrvegas (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

09-14-05

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09-14-05: 7671
The simpler the path, the purer the signal thus less distortion in sound. Most high end pre-amps do not have controls. The sound is tweaked by room acoustics, speaker placement,cabling, as well as other high quality sources.
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09-14-05 True fidelity is in essence staying true to the original mus ... Asonicyouth

09-14-05 i never used bass and treble even when my componets had the ... Chadnliz

09-14-05 Staying true to the music would also mean that it was record ... Hpims

09-14-05 Hpims ....when tone controls are at 12 o'clock ....can one g ... Mitch4t

09-14-05 Thanks for the feedback. the adcom is an older gfa-545. i' ... Mrvegas

09-14-05 at 12 oclock they are out of signal.....pretty cool Chadnliz

09-15-05 Hpims is right about the mac. quad used to have a pretty go ... Tomryan

09-15-05 Tone controls effect the time domain and phase characteristi ... Bigtee

09-15-05 Most audiophiles don't use tone controls out of ignorance. ... Onhwy61

09-15-05 We now use cables to affect the sound instead of bass and tr ... Snofun3

09-15-05 Onhwy61, just because your tone control is digital doesn't ... morbius@

09-15-05 "the proof of a pudding is in the eating." - georg ... Tomryan

09-15-05 My preamp: no tone controls, no balance control. i have neve ... Jw94055

09-16-05 I like tone controls since my room isn't optimal and many re ... Aball

09-16-05 Morbius, all active circuitry in some way distorts a signal ... Onhwy61

09-16-05 Onhwy61, it is true that one can implement some more sophis ... morbius@

09-16-05 We have a george wright au-1000 (a/k/a ag-1000 with a gold f ... Boa2

09-16-05 Onhwy61, thank you... i have never heard phase, time, cohera ... Matrix

09-16-05 To me the whole lack of tone controls is nonsense & causes p ... Bigjoe

09-17-05 I think bigjoe is right. although i own a tube preamp withou ... Phd

09-18-05 In a hobby where the enthusiasts change everything under the ... Bigjoe

09-18-05 If you want less hassle in the end go with tone controls... ... Matrix

09-18-05 I'm aware that if you invest enough money into your gear, th ... Phd