482i Sonic Maximizer

The 482i Sonic Maximizer restores an audio signals natural brilliance and clarity by the use of two primary functions. First it adjusts a signal’s phase relationships between it’s low, mid and high frequencies while progressively adding longer delay times to lower frequencies, this creates a kind of “mirror curve created by the speaker neutralizing its phase distortion. Secondly the Sonic Maximizer augments higher and lower frequencies; loudspeakers tend to be less efficient in their extreme treble and bass ranges. The end result is a dynamic program-driven restoration without the ear fatigue that is normally experienced with the use of equalizers or exciters.

Applications

  • Broadcasting
  • DJ Sound Reinforcement
  • Mastering
  • Musical Instruments
  • Tape Duplication
  • Recording
  • Professional Sound Reinforcement

Features include

  • Dual-Mono Sonic Maximizer
  • 4th Generation Processing Engine
  • Independent Lo Contour and Process controls
  • Unbalanced ¼” Inputs and Outputs
  • Unbalanced RCA Inputs and Outputs
  • Hard-wire bypass

Specifications

  • Frequency repsonse
  • Process mode: program controlled
  • Bypass mode: 10Hz to 50kHz, ± 0.5dBu, 10dBu input
  • Signal to noise ratio 112dB
  • Total harmonic distortion (THD)
  • Process mode: less than 0.025% 20-20kHz
  • Bypass mode: less than 0.002% 20-20kHz
  • Maximum output +21dBu
  • Input impedance 47K Ohms
  • Output impedance 1K Ohms
  • Sensitivity -45dBu for maximum process
  • Maximum process +12dBu boost at 5kHz
  • Lo Contour +12dBu adjustment at 50Hz

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Reviews

"An extraordinary device. It is effective and unobtrusive giving better apparent highs and improving clarity ...its outstanding characteristic is its naturalness of sound ...had superb sound qualities."
Audio
". . . phenomenal separation of instruments . . . clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and other reeds are refreshingly distinct in tone. The same goes for French horns and trombones, or violins and violas."
Recording
". . .with BBE you're in aural heaven"
Music & Sound Output
". . .an amazing increase in program clarity ...quickly perceive an added crispness, cleanness and sparkle."
Radio World
"(BBE off) ...all the sparkle goes out of the sound. It's like coming back from Technicolor Oz to a drab black and white Kansas. What a difference!"
Popular Electronics
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DJ Times