BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer w/ Four FREE 20' XLR Cables

The
482i is perfect for semi-pro applications not requiring balanced jacks. With
true dual-mono operation, the 482i is two independent BBE SONIC MAXIMIZER
signal processors in one chassis.

Applications

Pro and semi-pro sound
reinforcement

Multitrack studios

Mobile DJ systems

Cassette copies

Nightclub sound systems

Instrument racks for guitar, bass and keyboards

The BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer is perfect for home
studios, DJ systems, PA systems, nightclub sound, and guitar, bass, or keyboard
racks - any application not requiring balanced jacks. It provides processing
for stereo or 2 separate mono channels brightening, clarifying, and adding
fullness to the sound. Features 5-segment LED output meters, +18dBu headroom,
RCA and 1/4" inputs and outputs, and a bypass switch for comparison of
processed to unprocessed signal. Occupies one rackspace.

The BBE Process - "What it Is"-
Loudspeakers have difficulty working with the electronic signals supplied by an
amplifier. 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.

In the past, these problems proved unsolvable
and were thus relegated to a position of secondary importance in audio system
design. However, phase and amplitude integrity is essential to accurate sound
reproduction. 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. 

These relationships define a sound's
"sound".When these complex relationships pass through a speaker, the
proper order is lost. The higher frequencies are delayed. A lower frequency may
reach the listener's ear first or perhaps simultaneously with that of a higher
frequency. 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.

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.

BBE Sound, Inc. conducted extensive studies of
numerous speaker systems over a ten year period. 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. While there are differences among various
speaker designs in the magnitude of their correction, the overall pattern of
correction needed is remarkably consistent.

The BBE Process is so unique that 42 patents
have been awarded by the U.S. Patent Office.

Specifications

2 channels of process for stereo or separate
mono mixes

5 segment LED output meters

+18dBu headroom

Hardwire bypass

Bypass switch for comparison of processed to
unprocessed signal

Frequency Response 10Hz to 50kHz, +/- 0.5dBu,
10dBu input

Signal to Noise Ratio: 112dB Process IN

THD, Process mode: less than 0.025% at 20-20kHz;
Bypass mode: less than 0.002% at 20-20kHz

Maximum Output: +18dBu (may vary due to control
settings)

Input Impedance: 47K Ohms, unbalanced 1/4"
phone jack or RCA jack.

Output Impedance: 1K Ohms, unbalanced 1/4"
phone jack or RCA jack.

Sensitivity: -45dBu for maximum process

Maximum Process: +12dBu boost at 5kHz, -10dBu
input

Lo Contour: +12dBu adjustment at 50Hz, -10dBu
input