Tone controls- to use or not?

Have you tried power cords, interconnects, or speaker cables with some silver content?

i have a different experience wit respect to aging. i am more sensitive to treble frequencies than i was 30 years ago. i find very often that i want to attenuate frequencies in the range 1000 to 3000 hz.

i believe, as vett93 has stated, cable, a passive compoent is a better approach than active equilization. in some cases equalizing brings with it phase shifts.

Same here. I'm more senstive to treble. I eventually bought a McIntosh (known for a more laid back nature) and a Mc preamp with tone controls. It's the only way to go IMO if you want to listen to your whole CD collection.

I tried all the other things cables, power conditioning, room acoustic changes but they made little difference. The Mc Amps sealed the deal.

I advice you not to do so

Your ears are already damaged, if you put gain on the trebble you will accelerate even more the déterioration

I mean at a stage you will be deaf even when people just speak !

Stay with your system as it is

Carl, get a hearing test done first. A hearing specialist can tell you what frequencies you have problems with and what things will agitate you or cause more damage. You would do the same for your eyes if you were having trouble reading, right?

Second, make sure sure your room acoustics fit what you need. Your difficulty with high end may be because it's being buried in echo or muddied by booming lows. The effect you describe in your second post sounds similar to the problem I was having at one point (blurry/unclear high end because of excessive corner echo). Play with your positioning and ask your dealer if you can try out a handful of acoustic treatments - you may be very surprised at the results.

If you still aren't satisfied, at least you have a better idea of where the problem lies and what the compensation options are.

Good luck!