has anybody tried using pro-active monitors instead of normal passive speakers,being active they should be better controlled and more accurate many have room corection adjustments,ive been looking at adam audio s3x and they look to be a good buy,how many people have bought new speakers or amps home to find they boom or sound lifeless in their rooms,and there is nothing you can do about it,i agree tone controlls have a downside but to me listening to my non audiophile cds they can be usefull,and remember after the signal has gone from cd to amp it then hits a power hungry distortion inducing crossover,