Any High End Tube Preamps with *gasp tone controls?
After dropping in a vintage Scott 222C into my system while my amp was out for repair I'm really missing the tone controls now that my amplifier is back. It seems sacrilegious but I just can't get the bass where I want it without a bit of boost plus I'm sure my hearing is changing as I get older so why not be flexible... even if it results in me being thrown out of the audiophile club.
Ok..I’ll bite. What are the most useful frequencies?
Why only jazz? What strengths and weaknesses made this old tuner/preamp good with jazz but less ideal with everything else? The MX110 was part of the first stereo system that I ever heard back in 1965. Pretty sure that more modern McIntosh would be worth a listen. |
I think that there's a range of bass (right?) and some music I'm used to hearing bass with, I'm not hearing with the MX110. I think that's because the bass is at a certain frequency (or range) that isn't boosted when turn the bass knob. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I wish I understood why certain components sound good with particular genres. I know it's a thing. Someone smarter will have to explain why. |
I think this recent review in TAS by the illustrious Dr. Robert Greene is well worth reading even if you are not interested in purchasing the $1500 Schiit EQ component. I found it illuminating and educational on a number of levels. https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/schiit-audio-loki-max-equalizer/ |
ON equalizers incorporated into equipment as well as outboard have three things that affect the sounds that they alter. Frequency center, for example - the bass control may be centered anywhere from 30hz to 120hz (or more). This range also has slopes, i.e. fall off, and breadth. Variations in the bass control center and slopes controls the breadth. Gets kinda complex. Then there is other equipment which might center the bass control at 60hz, 100 hz, ad infinitum. But they all call it just plain old BASS. I've seen integrated amps which allow you to change the center point up to 200 hz. Wow, imagine that. Now there are tone controls in the mid-range and highs with accompanying options. The message is 1) Figure out what range of bass that you want to hear and 2) what your prospective units spec's are when it come to their tone controls. What you get is up to you. :-) What |
