Preamps ... no bass or treble control?

to me the whole lack of tone controls is nonsense & causes people to invest huge amounts of cash into other areas like cables & room treatments,i dont get it & i never will,to each his own but for me i'll never own a preamp without tone controls or balance,i use them too much.

my pre has a tone bypass & it sucks,i cant listen to music that has a flat response,to me it sounds steril with no life.

if i were you & just startin out in the hobby i would avoid pre's that dont have tone controls & only buy gear that allows you to tailor your sound atleast until you figure out what sounds good in your listening area & try not to get too caught up in all the voodoo.

mike.

in a hobby where the enthusiasts change everything under the sun from caps & tubes to cabling its obsurd to ever say that not having tone or balance controls keeps the music pure,what happens when you swap a quad of funkins for gold lions? most of the stuff audiophiles talk about never crosses the mind of engineers or musicians.

while music is being recorded lots of things are changed & unless your running the exact same set up with the exact same settings as in the studio you will never hear music the way it was intended,not even close.

mike.