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(Title should read TUBE amps, not TUNE amps. ) I owned a Sansui 9090DB for many years. What I miss about it were the bass, midrange and treble controls. What I miss most about those was the 300 Hz and 150 Hz bass frequency selection.
My question then, now that I'm back into tube audio, were there any vintage integrated amps with this feature?
It really made a huge difference for me. I like lots of bass; that is, low frequency region bass (the "rumble" zone) not boxy boominess. I've just acquired a Harman Kardon A-500. The rumble frequencies are there but I can not coax them out with only a bass control that has no bass frequency selections like the Sansui had. And the loudness feature does bring those frequencies out but then the audio becomes boxy too.
Thank you.
My question then, now that I'm back into tube audio, were there any vintage integrated amps with this feature?
It really made a huge difference for me. I like lots of bass; that is, low frequency region bass (the "rumble" zone) not boxy boominess. I've just acquired a Harman Kardon A-500. The rumble frequencies are there but I can not coax them out with only a bass control that has no bass frequency selections like the Sansui had. And the loudness feature does bring those frequencies out but then the audio becomes boxy too.
Thank you.