I’ve also been told many times that true Audiophiles don’t use Tone Controls at all and prefer the Music flat without any EQ.

I like that I have the luxury of playing with the Tone Controls on my Yamaha Amp and for times I don’t want to use them I use the pure direct mode that bypasses the tone controls.

Now here’s my dilemma. I’m looking to buy my second amp and I just can’t think of anything else except Yamaha. Or even when I do find something that has a good spec sheet I cancel it out as soon as I release they don’t have tone controls.

Is this Blasphemy in the Audiophile world? Am I chasing the wrong thing’s looking for that perfect sound setup?

Any kind response will be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

  • Apprehensive_Name533@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    High end audiophile equipment don’t have tone control because it is suppose to reproduce music ii the way the artist wants you to hear it and it is suppose to sound live or pure. So when you add tone control than that would deviate from that intention. That said if you have some hearing loss or whatever preference than you could buy a preamp with one. That said when you do want an amp with tone control you should get a high quality one as any tone control may cause signal degradation/interference thus also affecting sound quality. Yamaha has tone control because it is more an consumer product than the said audiophile equipment. Most if not all audiophile tone control is in the preamp not Amp/receiver.