ON TONE CONTROLS
The typical bass control has a hinge point at 1,000 cycles, much too high. In my system I use the Subwoofer level control (100 Hz and below) to set the bass to the right level without making vocals muddy like most tone controls do. Typical bass controls have lift the male vocal 3 dB to get 6 dB in the low bass. We dont want to hear that.
My woofer level control is right next to my volume control on my crossover and I note I move it several dB depending on the recording, listening level and bass quality.
For treble, usually I want a cut for bright recordings, rarely would I want a boost. A cut control is much easier to make than a boost. Typical cut/boost controls have a hinge at 1,000 also which is too low.
Whoever chose 1 KHZ as the hinge point made a big mistake, and once made was copied over and over. I would choose around 200 Hz for the bass and 4 Khz for the treble and leave 200-4,000 unmodified.
The typical bass control has a hinge point at 1,000 cycles, much too high. In my system I use the Subwoofer level control (100 Hz and below) to set the bass to the right level without making vocals muddy like most tone controls do. Typical bass controls have lift the male vocal 3 dB to get 6 dB in the low bass. We dont want to hear that.
My woofer level control is right next to my volume control on my crossover and I note I move it several dB depending on the recording, listening level and bass quality.
For treble, usually I want a cut for bright recordings, rarely would I want a boost. A cut control is much easier to make than a boost. Typical cut/boost controls have a hinge at 1,000 also which is too low.
Whoever chose 1 KHZ as the hinge point made a big mistake, and once made was copied over and over. I would choose around 200 Hz for the bass and 4 Khz for the treble and leave 200-4,000 unmodified.