Properly designed equalizers such as RIVES, Accuphase, Z-Systems, etc. can help correct room/speaker problems. Most high end designers of amps/pre-amps like to keep circuits as simple as possible thus the lack of tone controls and this has been going on for decades, not just "these days".
However, a relatively inexpensive equalizer like something from Audio Control (pretty well built) can be fun to play with. I like listening to music more but then I'm pretty old. The days of playing around with how the music is made is pretty much over for me.
However, a relatively inexpensive equalizer like something from Audio Control (pretty well built) can be fun to play with. I like listening to music more but then I'm pretty old. The days of playing around with how the music is made is pretty much over for me.