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.

  • nickstrollerBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Just do what pleases you. The old school audio obsessed purists would have everything flat from source to speaker so you hear as near to the original recording as possible. I suspect this started when most rich people listened to classical music.

    All I would say is you might want the option to turn off the tone controls so you get the best of both worlds. Yamaha’s pure direct is a fairly extreme example as it seems to stop everything (I think it turned off my toaster the other day) but just a ‘defeat’ button would suffice.