tone controls
zombie boy 2000
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quick question --
i've read alot about setting the tone controls to neutral (makes sense, i'll experiment)
my HK 240 has the option of either setting the bass and treble to 0 (in stereo mode) or turning off the DSP all-together (again, in stereo), thus bypassing all tone control -- is there any difference?
thanks
fyi - i'm using analogs from the dvd player, but have a digital coax
i've read alot about setting the tone controls to neutral (makes sense, i'll experiment)
my HK 240 has the option of either setting the bass and treble to 0 (in stereo mode) or turning off the DSP all-together (again, in stereo), thus bypassing all tone control -- is there any difference?
thanks
fyi - i'm using analogs from the dvd player, but have a digital coax
I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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Real stereos don't need no stinkin' tone controls.
To answer your question, when bypassing all the tone controls, you get a cleaner signal.Political Correctness'.........defined
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President of Club Polk -
The HK probably isn't bypassing anything. Ruler flat is where you need to be, regardless. In the 'old' days, some manufacturers, Luxman for example, had a 'CD DIRECT' button, which actually did re-route the circuit - so it never hit the tone pots.
They chose to call it 'cd direct', because that magic 5 inch disc was the latest tech with it's associated d/a converters - and it gave the end user the option to REALLY hear what (different) cd players were, or were not doing.
Tone controls are a bandaid, on a bigger audio issue. They can be a crutch too. I've been there. I can remember running the bass hot, treble hot, loudness contour engaged AND a 10 band EQ in the prototypical 'V' through the tape monitor. I had to ween myself from it, even at a time where I didn't have decent equipment. I'm not proud of it, but I can relate.
Now, on the Legacy Classics for example, I can't imagine having a loudness contour - I'd knock the sheetrock off the walls, the speakers would **** like Reeltrouble at a buffet, and my audio days would be DONE.
Once you've got proper hifi, you soon forget about all those extra knobs, switches, and DSP modes. An old timer on these boards once told me 'The more bells and whistles, lights and buzzers, the worse the peice will sound'. Words to live and die by for audio.
Cheers,
RussCheck your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
great info russman -- this is real good stuff
F1 -- agree whole-heartedly
the reason i mentioned that i have both analog and digital cables is because the HK can shut off it's DSP when analogs are used, but not with digital cables
in other words, when in stereo mode w/ analogs -- i can set the bass and treble to 0 (flat) or i can turn off the tone controls all-together by turning off the dsp
is there a difference?I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
zombie boy 2000 wrote:i can set the bass and treble to 0 (flat) or i can turn off the tone controls all-together by turning off the dsp
is there a difference?
Can you hear a difference? -
Or better yet, can he provide a graph proving he can hear a difference, right?Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
