Loudness controls are an interesting topic.
They have been universally denigrated by audiophiles.
But it is true human hearing has less acuity at frequency extremes - demonstrated by the fact most of us can hear nothing at all above 25kHz or below 12kHz.
But that is how all of us hear everything from birth to death. So do we benefit from changing that pattern for listening to music? An obvious response is that the hard of hearing benefit from hearing aids. However this is not a reasonable comparison with those of us with normal hearing.
A mid-point perhaps is those who are older and suffer from natural detrioration of HF range and intensity. There may be benefit in increasing the intensity of the HF signal. This was achieved by the treble control, which with its LF parner has been out of fashion many years now.
They have been universally denigrated by audiophiles.
But it is true human hearing has less acuity at frequency extremes - demonstrated by the fact most of us can hear nothing at all above 25kHz or below 12kHz.
But that is how all of us hear everything from birth to death. So do we benefit from changing that pattern for listening to music? An obvious response is that the hard of hearing benefit from hearing aids. However this is not a reasonable comparison with those of us with normal hearing.
A mid-point perhaps is those who are older and suffer from natural detrioration of HF range and intensity. There may be benefit in increasing the intensity of the HF signal. This was achieved by the treble control, which with its LF parner has been out of fashion many years now.