Why no speakers with remote control tone controls?

I have not seen one with a remote that would include bass, treble, and other functions from the listening chair. It sounds as though the active units have all that, and probably a lot more.

Of course, you can get a preamp or integrated to do this all for you, it's how most do it.

 Now THAT is a great idea, at least for convenience. The tone, loudness, and even balance would best be controlled right at the listening position. 

BTW, @csmgolf hit it on the head.


There are active speakers with such features, and act as I explained. Line level tone controls before the amplifier portion. :)

Thanks all. 

Speaker level tone controls universally suck. The high currents require big connectors in the switches which invariably get dirty. On top of that, the simplicity/complexity of adjusting the tone means you either have a super simple level shift, or you make very complex circuits for each step.


Doing this at the line level, before the amplifier, is a lot easier, and yields consistent results regardless of speaker.


Maybe what you need is a miniDSP unit so you can sit at your chair and adjust the EQ in real time?  You will still need a laptop.


Best,

E

I have a pair of fully active Legacy Audio Calibre speakers (They were a special order). No passive crossover in the speakers and each driver has its own amp. The crossover is executed digitally in the Wavelet processor and is controlled by IPad. I also run a single subwoofer with them. I have control of each of the 4 amplifier levels and six bands of fixed tone controls right from my listening chair. I wish there was a little finer control of tone at times, but for the most part it works really well.