Any High End Tube Preamps with *gasp tone controls?

Find and examine an APT preamp from the late 70s. Designed by Thom Holman (the TH in THX) it not only has tone controls, but adjustable turnover frequencies, phase switches, A>B / B>A and a A-B to A+B fader that is an education in imaging and soundstage all by itself. Not to mention one of the best, most tunable MM phono stages ever built, with a proper subsonic filter. I have kept mine, recently had a Level 3 upgrade and rebuild done. It is a fabulous piece, one few current preamps can even approach in SQ a certainly not in flexibility.

After all of the postings, if you are still interested in a High-End tube preamp with tone controls, you should take a look at the AIR-TIGHT ATC-7.  I talked to the Jack Miura (the current owner and son of the founder Atsushi Miura) at AXPONA about why he added "Tone Controls" to the ATC-7, and he said that they are still receiving a lot of requests for them.  Here is a link to their product summary on the ATC-7 where they describe their Presence and Bass Control functions, and you can see the curves at the bottom for how much adjustment they provide.  To keep the performance high, the ATC-7 does not use variable gain or attenuation, but each click of the control knobs changes the signal path through separate discrete components.  It is an expensive piece at $34,800 for US list price, but if you want a top tier tube preamp with tone controls, this is one of the few best performance options that I know.

http://www.airtight-anm.com/_src/10816/ATC-7カタログ_E_1205.pdf?v=1686128074592

I need that ATC-7!

Maybe not now- possibly as a retirement gift in a few years. Guessing they never pop up used....

Just popped in a Luxman CL35 MK III. Great bass but really cold vocals and the highs weren't delicate at all. Popped in some Telefunken 12AX7s from on of my other preamps and it's sounding WAY better. 

Looking forward to a long audition.

CL35 out. Back to the Lamm and trying out an OTL Luxman MQ-36 amplifier. Very intriguing.