Description: The BBE BMAX Solid State Bass Guitar Preamplifier is a high-quality bass preamp/processor with advantages in the recording studio and in demanding live applications. It features a class A/B front end that emulates the loading effect of a classic tube preamp. It also has a pure and clean electronically-balanced DI output. 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. Features High-quality bass preamp/processorUseful in the studio and in demanding live applicationsClass A/B front end emulates classic tube preampElectronically-balanced DI outputQuasi-parametric mid-range EQ with 12db of boost or cut between 250 to 1000hzSingle-knob soft-knee optical compressorInputs for both passive pickup and active pickup instruments1meg ohm input impedanceGround lift switchBalanced XLR and 1/4" TRS OutputsMilitary-spec circuit boardsExtra thick, extra wide circuit board traces for unequaled electron flow1% metal film resistors throughoutSolid 1/4" thick aluminum extrusion front panel for extreme ruggednessMade with pride in the USA
Price: 499.99 CAD
Location: Victoria
End Time: 2024-10-10T20:40:42.000Z
Shipping Cost: 29.68 CAD
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Brand: BBE
Type: Equalizer
Model: BBE BMAX
