Help Need tone ctrl on a reference integrated

Matcecil,
No you don't have to reroute your sources. I took yhe liberty of looking at the pictur you have posted, just leave tour source dial to whatever you want and turn the source, tape dial to tape. This takes what ever source is on the source dial , routes it through th tape outputs and then out to the speakers. It s for taping LP's or cd s. The switch lets you compare what is being put on tape with your source. However you don't have a tape deck, you can put any thing that can take inputs and gives outputs into there and do the same thing. There some cheap equalizers on this site. I doubt they will be as transpaerent a the x tone but they are cheap. Equalizers usually have their owm tape monitor if you run a tapedeck. Some old integrateds use to bypass the preamp altogether with the tapeouts (ie direct from source) so you could even hook upa whole other integrated to power ascond set of speakers. I doubt that there are many of those that are stilli n circulation.

Thanks Rgcards *again*...I contacted the one Musical Fidelity distributor in N. America and he wasn't familiar with a tone control made by them...i'm gonna keep on looking though. Your responses have made my day, thanks!!

Rgcards, can I use one of my other integrated amps as the equalizer/tone control you recomend using? I'd have the tape 2 out on the Albarry going into the main-in on my '80 Marantz 1122 dc (fully restored) then a cable from the pre-out on the marantz into the tape 2 in on the Albarry.
Am I close? It'd be awesome if this works..I like both pieces a lot.

Mattcecil, regarding the Musical Fidelity tone control: it's called the X-Tone, as part of their X-series, a serie of equipment built into tube-like, metal casings. It isn't made anymore, but they appear every now and then secondhand. The link to the product is: http://www.musicalfidelity.com/mf/en/Products/archive.jsp?pid=3290

I think, if you can find one, this is just what you need, and it looks gorgeous to..

Thanks Satch! I looked all over MF's site but couldn't find anything current...its a bit strange that the only distributor in N. America (listed on the site anyway) wasn't familiar with this, but then again it may be an old product...I will try and hunt one down.

Do you know if, for the time being, I can use an integrated amp with tone controls to do the same thing but running the tape 2 monitor into the main ins and pre-outs the other integrated??