Tone controls

[Pim]

Not sure if you can call this a tweak but I hardly ever see the words tone controls being used. I use mine all the time. In fact, that was one of the main reasons I went the Devialet route. The way I see it, I'm not so much an 'audiophile' but more someone who enjoys music. If I can't enjoy a song just because it's too bright then I tone it down a bit. And because my music collection contains heaps of badly recorded material I need to tone it down quite often.

When I read about cable selection that makes your system sound a bit more relaxed I always think, can't you get the sound you want by using the tone controls?

I'm not going to start a thread about a conspiracy theory but since tone controls faded away from high end gear, all people had to change the sound of their systems was cable choice or new equipment. (assuming the set up is 100%) Nice for audio dealers

I'm hoping to get it right and want to try setting up a poll with the options YES, NO, YES but I do find it has a bad impact on SQ and No because it has a bad impact on SQ.

I would also like to hear what kind of music you play to get some idea of which music type needs more or less adjusting.

Cheers,

Pim