Tone Control

[walter duque]

I was wondering if that is a good or bad thing on speakers. It brings out the highs, is that all it is for? I know it's kind of a naive question.

 

[CadenceSound]

its not good or bad..

Think of it like bass boost..it can help improve the sound(esp at low volumes), but if abused it can easily damaged the speakers..id use it with caution if you drive your speakers hard...

 

[walter duque]

its not good or bad..

Think of it like bass boost..it can help improve the sound(esp at low volumes), but if abused it can easily damaged the speakers..id use it with caution if you drive your speakers hard...

Is it for bass or the highs?

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Some people think good quality tone controls are good if you use it to correct any "problems" in the bass, midrange, or treble.

Room EQ is a form of tone controls to me. The idea is to fix nulls and acoustic issues in the room.

However, I've never had any luck with Tone Control or Room EQ.

Oh, wait, are you talking about Tones directly & physically on the speakers and not in the pre-pro?

In most cases, they are good because they allow more flexibility. In a lot of cases, they affect (increase/decrease) both Bass & Treble (Salon2, Orion, KEF Reference). But in some cases (Philharmonic speakers), they only affect (increase/decrease) the treble.

 

[cpp]

Is there way for the OP to clarify his question. IS the OP talking about the individual tone settings contained in various AVR's or individual tone ( bass or treble) knobs on pre-amps or a dedicated piece of equipment like a equalizer or the Germanium Tone Control which is a dedicated box.
Chandler Germanium Tone Control

Just wondering

 

[walter duque]

Some people think good quality tone controls are good if you use it to correct any "problems" in the bass, midrange, or treble.

Room EQ is a form of tone controls to me. The idea is to fix nulls and acoustic issues in the room.

However, I've never had any luck with Tone Control or Room EQ.

Oh, wait, are you talking about Tones directly & physically on the speakers and not in the pre-pro?

In most cases, they are good because they allow more flexibility. In a lot of cases, they affect (increase/decrease) both Bass & Treble (Salon2, Orion, KEF Reference). But in some cases (Philharmonic speakers), they only affect (increase/decrease) the treble.

Yes they are on everyone of my speakers by the speaker input terminal. It seems they just increase the treble. I just don't see them on too many speakers. Maybe they increase/decrease both, I'll have to check it out.

 

[TLS Guy]

Yes they are on everyone of my speakers by the speaker input terminal. It seems they just increase the treble. I just don't see them on too many speakers. Maybe they increase/decrease both, I'll have to check it out.

All that control is, is a wire wound pot in the tweeter feed. They used to be common, but are not now. They just affect the tweeter output.

Basically a speaker system should have the correct tweeter level to begin with.

The other issue is that even though tweeters are low power, it is enough power to damage those pots over time and they become intermittent. They are not to be recommended.

 

[cpp]

I just saw what the OP was talking ( freaking old eyes) .

 

[Rickster71]

I had a pair of speakers that had a three position toggle switch.
It had a -3dB, flat, -6dB settings.
Manual said, "Adjustment was largely a matter of room acoustics and person preference."