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Need a preamp with tone controls!

OK, most audiophiles would say I shouldn't need tone controls, but I have a good system that plays QUALITY recordings beatifully, so much that it makes me not even want to listen to many of my 70's & 80's stuff. This comprises the largest part of my collection. So I've been looking at McIntosh preamps...great tone controls/equalizers, etc. Any others out there of audiophile quality???
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yogiboy
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Why not get an outboard equalizer?
https://www.parts-express.com/cat/equalizers/589
addyson815
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what are you currently using for a preamp?
wolf_garcia
6,708 posts
 
Vincent makes preamps with tone controls. Luxman also.
erik_squires
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Tone controls help us compensate for differences in recording trends across decades of recordings.

Tone controls help us adjust our sound quality to different listening situations and volumes.

Tone controls help us adjust for speaker placement.

Tone controls are much cheaper and more efficient way of doing this than most other solutions.

A good tone control is a lot easier to implement than a good equalizer. Fewer bands so more affordable to use high quality parts.
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