To tone control or not to tone control


I recently stepped up to a Conrad Johnson PFR preamp to mate with my CJ MF-2200 amp (200 wpc). Was previously running an Adcom GTP-450 pre/tuner which had bass/treble controls which help to compensate for those recordings which are recorded poorly. Though the CJ PFR sounds really good on most of my cd's there are some of my favorite artists whose recordings are really pitiful. Is there a good tone control which I can use on the PFR to use for these poor recordings? Is there a way to connect both preamps to one system. I do have an older cdp that I could connect to the Adcom preamp for the poor cd's and use the main system for the good stuff. I have also thought of trying a subwoofer to help with filling in the bottom end since most of the poor recordings are R&B and Rock N'Roll and that is where they seem to be lacking the most. The rest of my system consists of a Sherwood Newcastle 980 cdp and Infinity RS 5000 speakers (12 yrs old) and next to be replaced. As always your help is appreciated
artemus_5

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I agree with Greg. Look into upgrading your source and making sure that the rest of the room ( cables, speaker placement & room acoustics ) are as good as they get BEFORE adding "unnecessary gadgets". Adding some type of "band aid" will not "heal" the system, it will simply "cover up" the "wound" that still exists. Sean
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Accuphase, huh Bob !!!! The economy must not have slowed down over there at "dish-ville".... : ) Sean
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