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   XPost: alt.engineering.electrical, sci.electronics.design, sci.e   
   ectronics.repair   
   From: invalid@invalid.net   
      
   > Is *that* why many boomboxes and home stereos(cheap ones) have a tone   
   > knob labeled "Bass<   >Treble"?   
   >   
   > All I notices with those is that turning it to the left made the sound   
   > muffled and to the right made the sound more tinny/hissy.  I didn't   
   > notice that the bass was being boosted when the knob turned left or   
   > that it was being reduced when turned right.   
   >   
   > -CC   
      
   These pots on the circuit references aren't on a common shaft.   
      
   In other words, you can have muffled *and* tinny/hissy! ;-)   
      
   Dave   
      
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