Bypass switch for comparison to raw signal.+4dBu balanced line (1/4' TRS and XLR ins/outs).The full-function 882i Sonic Maximizer has +23dB of output headroom, balanced or unbalanced I/O, 115dB signal-to-noise ratio, and hardwire bypass. Perfectly suited for any studio, PA system, guitar/bass rig, or any application that requires balanced connectivity, including broadcasting, DJ sound reinforcement, mastering, and tape duplication.

The all-analog 882i Sonic Maximizer features BBE's fourth-generation processing engine. Patent Office.Sonic Maximizer magic for broadcasting, mastering, instruments & more. The BBE Process is so unique that 42 patents have been awarded by the U.S. While there are differences among various speaker designs in the magnitude of their correction, the overall pattern of correction needed is remarkably consistent. With this knowledge, it became possible to identify the characteristics of an ideal speaker and to distill the corrections necessary to return the fundamental and harmonic frequency structures to their correct order. conducted extensive studies of numerous speaker systems over a ten year period.

This change in the phase and amplitude relationship on the harmonic and fundamental frequencies is technically called 'envelope distortion.' The listener perceives this loss of sound integrity in the reproduced sound as 'muddy' and 'smeared.' In the extreme, it can become difficult to tell the difference between musical instruments, for example, an oboe and a clarinet.īBE Sound, Inc. In some cases, the fundamental components may be so time-shifted that they reach the listener's ear ahead of some or all of the harmonic components. A lower frequency may reach the listener's ear first or perhaps simultaneously with that of a higher frequency. When these complex relationships pass through a speaker, the proper order is lost. These relationships define a sound's 'sound'. Research shows that the information which the listener translates into the recognizable characteristics of a live performance are intimately tied into complex time and amplitude relationships between the fundamental and harmonic components of a given musical note or sound. However, phase and amplitude integrity is essential to accurate sound reproduction. In the past, these problems proved unsolvable and were thus relegated to a position of secondary importance in audio system design. These difficulties cause such major phase and amplitude distortion that the sound reproduced by the speaker differs significantly from the sound produced by the original source. Loudspeakers have difficulty working with the electronic signals supplied by an amplifier.

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