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In Reply to: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. posted by tinear on November 18, 2008 at 14:19:43:
Something I have been advocating for years. He(ar)'s my latest project - eq available at your listening position. Really great for taming the harshness on many female vocalist CD's.
Charles
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - tinear 14:19:43 11/18/08 (109)
- Live mixing board = studio mixing board - hukkfinn 07:08:42 11/22/08 (0)
- Haven't you heard... - AbeCollins 19:59:16 11/20/08 (0)
- *sigh* - Jack G 11:07:01 11/20/08 (0)
- I only use tone controls in my headphone system... - Abel McCain 09:13:27 11/20/08 (0)
- Straight Wire with Gain! - StephenJK 05:30:45 11/20/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - stellavox 11/20/0804:21:03 11/20/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - jimmycj 21:31:53 11/19/08 (0)
- Just put an Onkyo with Audyssey into my HT system last night... - Steve Parry 16:24:42 11/19/08 (0)
- What about a spectrum analyzer too? - 4season 14:36:37 11/19/08 (1)
- For you, - tinear 16:19:09 11/19/08 (0)
- Tone controls are a crutch. - kavakidd 13:40:02 11/19/08 (3)
- RE: Tone controls are a crutch. - Tom Brennan 04:49:04 11/20/08 (1)
- You Sir...... - Barney's Beanery 05:37:31 11/20/08 (0)
- RE: Tone controls are a crutch. - l1945@sbcglobal.net 22:42:44 11/19/08 (0)
- I agree, which is why I am glad I have a GOOD home system instead of merely decent. - Raiderman 12:54:38 11/19/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - smcdonie@uwsp.edu 11:58:41 11/19/08 (1)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - JimL 19:38:39 11/19/08 (0)
- I wouldn't be without them. - K-Bob 10:39:14 11/19/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - jfz 08:54:24 11/19/08 (0)
- Very True....Audio Amish restrict themselves to 2 channels & no tone controls (significant handicaps) - Richard BassNut Greene 07:27:39 11/19/08 (16)
- RE: "Audio Amish" - Rob Doorack 05:45:05 11/20/08 (4)
- Oh no another lecture on the "Audio Amish" - Richard BassNut Greene 08:44:51 11/20/08 (3)
- "Audio Amish" is just stupid and bigoted, not "very colorfiul" - Rob Doorack 09:17:55 11/20/08 (2)
- "You wouldn't dare write "Audio Jews"" --- well YOU just did ! - Richard BassNut Greene 09:50:46 11/20/08 (1)
- Pretty pathetic attempt at deflection, Bassnut. - Rob Doorack 12:11:50 11/20/08 (0)
- Level controls to your subs - E-Stat 15:10:08 11/19/08 (0)
- I've been meaning to ask you this for some time now....... - Don T 11:24:35 11/19/08 (1)
- RE: I've been meaning to ask you this for some time now....... - musetap 12:45:48 11/19/08 (0)
- Speaking of handicaps... - carcass93 11:02:22 11/19/08 (6)
- I have sent you an application for my fan club - Richard BassNut Greene 08:51:27 11/20/08 (0)
- Wow ... - jokeka 11:32:20 11/19/08 (4)
- And you've read more than one of his posts? - robert young 19:22:02 11/20/08 (0)
- I find posts by unregistered trolls uniformly useless, regardless of topic. - carcass93 11:51:45 11/20/08 (0)
- Please don't taunt carcASS - Richard BassNut Greene 09:01:00 11/20/08 (1)
- Prime example of verbal diarrhea I pointed to in my post. - carcass93 11:48:04 11/20/08 (0)
- Careful...... - Todd Krieger 09:24:18 11/19/08 (0)
- What are they, and what do they do? nt - bjh 04:10:47 11/19/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - Ozzy 01:55:48 11/19/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - grinagog 01:51:57 11/19/08 (5)
- Can anybody make out the words in there? - William Schuchard 05:06:37 11/19/08 (3)
- It's not Funk it is... - deaf_j 05:55:11 11/19/08 (2)
- I had a Funki Porcini Panini yesterdai. It was tastei!...N/T - musetap 11:06:23 11/19/08 (0)
- Thanks - William Schuchard 06:46:55 11/19/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - Todd Krieger 03:18:30 11/19/08 (0)
- Digital EQ yeah... - kuma 22:18:10 11/18/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - longtimequadowner 21:50:57 11/18/08 (1)
- Is EQ the same as tone controls, or is that another MUST for a decent home/summer home system? nt - bjh 04:13:16 11/19/08 (0)
- I'll give ya a balance control but no more. * - mr grits 21:16:06 11/18/08 (2)
- One volume control for each channel :) - smcdonie@uwsp.edu 12:01:34 11/19/08 (0)
- Once a lady starts down that path, it's all over. nt - tinear 21:23:29 11/18/08 (0)
- Yes Sir!!!! - Todd Krieger 21:02:58 11/18/08 (1)
- you're an idiot - nt - leftofright 21:41:47 11/18/08 (0)
- As if our use of tone controls won't screw things up even more - Don T 19:29:49 11/18/08 (0)
- Now this is a tone control - G Squared 19:25:36 11/18/08 (4)
- Actually, it really isn't - E-Stat 16:17:33 11/19/08 (0)
- I Knew Someone Who Had One...... - Todd Krieger 21:20:54 11/18/08 (2)
- I thought that was the purpose of EQs - G Squared 17:26:05 11/19/08 (0)
- RE: I Knew Someone Who Had One...... - Don T 07:21:39 11/19/08 (0)
- Clarification: there are three sound environments to consider. - tinear 18:34:40 11/18/08 (11)
- What are you trying to achieve? - David Aiken 17:10:29 11/19/08 (0)
- RE: Clarification: there are three sound environments to consider. - Ozzy 02:01:07 11/19/08 (2)
- Do you think all sources equally sound good, i.e. one recording - tinear 07:52:54 11/19/08 (1)
- RE: Do you think all sources equally sound good, i.e. one recording - Ozzy 08:28:35 11/19/08 (0)
- All this from a guy who uses a 30 year old integrated and 40 year old speakers - PabloP 19:41:47 11/18/08 (4)
- I am offended! - tinear 21:05:33 11/18/08 (3)
- RE: I am offended! - PabloP 06:37:39 11/19/08 (1)
- Heard Spendors in LA a few years ago and very much was - tinear 16:21:39 11/19/08 (0)
- You must have been extremely offended......... - Ozzy 02:03:12 11/19/08 (0)
- RE: Clarification: there are three sound environments to consider. - Dawnrazor 18:55:00 11/18/08 (1)
- Exactly! You make my point, perfectly. What are the chances you're going to - tinear 21:08:38 11/18/08 (0)
- clueless infant - WinthorpeIII 18:13:13 11/18/08 (0)
- I wouldn't be without them. - rick_m 17:06:35 11/18/08 (3)
- Totally agree - kerr 05:11:18 11/19/08 (0)
- Hey, neighbor. I'd disagree that something must be wrong. That implies - tinear 21:10:48 11/18/08 (1)
- RE: Bad engineering can be the "something wrong"... - rick_m 06:47:17 11/19/08 (0)
- So far - tinear 0 - kavakidd 16:47:54 11/18/08 (2)
- How do you figure? - racerguy 19:58:11 11/18/08 (1)
- Well -in that sense - kavakidd 22:12:17 11/18/08 (0)
- Haven't had tone controls since the 80s. Haven't missed them either. - Dave Pogue 16:09:42 11/18/08 (11)
- Well Dave looking - lancelot 19:26:23 11/18/08 (6)
- No judgment was intended - lancelot 06:57:14 11/19/08 (1)
- I'll be the judge of that :-) - Dave Pogue 07:20:22 11/19/08 (0)
- I just checked YOUR system. - Dave Pogue 05:50:47 11/19/08 (0)
- Ok, let's start throwing rocks now...... - Ozzy 02:05:42 11/19/08 (0)
- EXACTLY! And why is it a respected alternative to try and control overly - tinear 21:14:50 11/18/08 (0)
- Such is certainly true - E-Stat 20:03:35 11/18/08 (0)
- RE: Haven't had tone controls since the 80s. Haven't missed them either. - Tom Brennan 16:50:25 11/18/08 (2)
- That's an easy one. - Dave Pogue 17:44:21 11/18/08 (1)
- Funny, that's my answer, too -nt - E-Stat 19:59:11 11/18/08 (0)
- Yup - me neither! - kavakidd 16:44:11 11/18/08 (0)
- "Let's restrict ourselves to the world..." - E-Stat 15:45:18 11/18/08 (0)
- Shelving tone controls and parametrics? Yes! otherwise NEVER - Timbo in Oz 15:40:58 11/18/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - suretyguy 15:34:24 11/18/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - musetap 15:18:24 11/18/08 (0)
- RE: My system is better than decent and I don't have tone controls. nt - Travis 15:11:04 11/18/08 (0)
- My 1,783-band equilizer is a must-have item. - free.ranger 14:58:20 11/18/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - Tom Brennan 14:47:55 11/18/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - welly 14:44:42 11/18/08 (2)
- Hmmm...!!! - welly 21:32:15 11/18/08 (0)
- Perhaps but I'd see your - tinear 21:16:39 11/18/08 (0)
- Another troll from Tin - what, did they kick you out of Outside? (nt) - mkuller 14:34:06 11/18/08 (3)
- At least he is discussing audio topics - E-Stat 16:42:20 11/18/08 (2)
- Ever see any of the PropHead posters on any of the Music Forums? (nt) - mkuller 09:42:38 11/19/08 (0)
- RE: At least he is discussing audio topics - Todd Krieger 03:05:14 11/19/08 (0)
- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - Awe-d-o-file 14:26:15 11/18/08 (4)
- But those mixing rooms are corrected for... - mpathus 15:10:27 11/18/08 (3)
- Tone controls are useless - E-Stat 15:50:24 11/18/08 (2)
- Fix the room!! - Bruce B 16:57:32 11/20/08 (1)
- Yes and no - E-Stat 18:04:04 11/20/08 (0)
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- RE: A decent home system MUST have tone controls. - stellavox 11/20/0804:21:03 11/20/08 (0)