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26-07-2014, 16:11 #38
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Originally Posted by The Barbarian

Is it not strange that it's always the blokes that were into specialist Hi-Fi in the late 70's/early 80's that are the ones that bind on abart no tone controls. It's almost like they have been conditioned

Not me, dude. I dislike tone controls because I can hear the distortion that they cause. I don't use 'em because I don't need 'em - simples!

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