My main rig has no balance control. I only use it for critical listening and I sit in the sweet spot. I don’t need a balance control for this. I have a second system in the room that I use for casual listening and am always sitting somewhere other than the sweet spot. The balance control on that one is critical.
It comes with a balance knob?!?! I'll take it!
...said no one ever! I've been researching new gear and it hit me. Why, just why, do pieces have a balance knob? The only time in my life I can remember using said knob was to mess with the music and irritate my friends. You know, because it was cool to make every song sound like that classic Led Zep track. I think it was the 80's and on my Sanyo "boom box".
What is the point? To look retro? Do people actually use it and why?
Thought this might be fun to discuss and learn something new.
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