Hi Fm's,
Off late, the IA's from many reputed companies come without tone controls. The purists would prefer it that way, hearing it through source direct . But there are various factors like untreated rooms, source(streamers, Alexa etc) for a large majority of listeners who may require those controls to set the tone to your liking. Very few recordings are good like Stockfish & many of them are at best mediocre or poor where you need to adjust especially for the old recordings. One could go for an equalizer but that's not the point.
For all practical reasons, I would definitely prefer the physical knobs on the IA rather than not having them or digging deep inside some menu to make adjustments. But that's just a personal point of view and may differ with others.
What would be your take on this ?
Best regards,
Nitin
Off late, the IA's from many reputed companies come without tone controls. The purists would prefer it that way, hearing it through source direct . But there are various factors like untreated rooms, source(streamers, Alexa etc) for a large majority of listeners who may require those controls to set the tone to your liking. Very few recordings are good like Stockfish & many of them are at best mediocre or poor where you need to adjust especially for the old recordings. One could go for an equalizer but that's not the point.
For all practical reasons, I would definitely prefer the physical knobs on the IA rather than not having them or digging deep inside some menu to make adjustments. But that's just a personal point of view and may differ with others.
What would be your take on this ?
Best regards,
Nitin
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