It comes with a balance knob?!?! I'll take it!


...said no one ever! I've been researching new gear and it hit me. Why, just why, do pieces have a balance knob? The only time in my life I can remember using said knob was to mess with the music and irritate my friends. You know, because it was cool to make every song sound like that classic Led Zep track. I think it was the 80's and on my Sanyo "boom box".

What is the point? To look retro? Do people actually use it and why?

Thought this might be fun to discuss and learn something new.

izjjzi

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What an education so far!

  • Never purchase concert seats where one of my ears face the speaker stack
  • Never setup my system in an awkwardly shaped space
  • Avoid tube solutions
  • Avoid poorly recorded tracks with off-center imaging
  • Make sure my pre or integrated remote has balance control in case any of the above happen!

Balance on a remote is something I've never seen but probably the best thing I've learned from this post because I have run into tracks where the vocalist is off center and am now curious if a balance adjustment does "fix" this without killing the overall presentation?