{"id":118,"date":"2018-05-29T23:24:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T11:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/?p=118"},"modified":"2025-04-22T14:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:50:25","slug":"standalone-tone-control","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/index.php\/standalone-tone-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Standalone Tone Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page is the only reason anyone comes to this site, so I&#8217;ve gotten rid of all the uninteresting stuff that took me ages to prepare, since this is the only part you came to see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a schematic for a 2-triode Baxandall tone control. Resistor and capacitor values can be selected according to the desired rollover points and boost\/cut levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-04-22_14-33-09.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-04-22_14-33-09.png 664w, https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-04-22_14-33-09-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div>It can drive a load of 50K impedance.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>The predicted bode plot from LTSpice looks like this<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/SimResult.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1162\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/SimResult.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-453\"\/><\/a><figcaption>LTSpice prediction of circuit response<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Actual measured responses from built unit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_Flat-1024x499.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_Flat-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_Flat-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_Flat-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_Flat.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Tone controls Flat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_MaxBoost-1024x499.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_MaxBoost-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_MaxBoost-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_MaxBoost-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_MaxBoost.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Bass Treble full lift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_MaxCut-1024x499.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_MaxCut-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_MaxCut-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_MaxCut-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Exalt-FR_MaxCut.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Bass Treble full cut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not selling circuit boards for this unit, it is an integral part of my preamplifier and integrated amplifier which you can find on the products page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was planning to build this as a standalone product, but it is unlikely I can build it for a price people will be happy to pay, so instead I will recommend if you want a tube based linelevel tone control you consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/item\/1005005187465372.html\">this unit<\/a> from Aliexpress instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page is the only reason anyone comes to this site, so I&#8217;ve gotten rid of all the uninteresting stuff that took me ages to prepare, since this is the only part you came to see: This is a schematic for a 2-triode Baxandall tone control. Resistor and capacitor values can be selected according to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/index.php\/standalone-tone-control\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Standalone Tone Control<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atrad-audio.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}