BBE 882i Sonic Maximizer (1/4" TRS and XLR Connections) Enhance your sound while correcting phase shift caused by club PA speakers with the BBE 882i Sonic Maximizer. BBE's sonic maximizers are a set of processors that optimize a sound signal specifically for being sent through a set of speakers. PA speakers are designed for purposes of projecting a sound source - they differ substantially in sound quality, but as a whole, projection is their primary goal. By their nature, a signal going through a set of speakers suffers some ills as it comes out, deadening the sound and making the whole thing a bit muddy. This is a real killer when it comes to the attack (articulation) of numerous instruments, like guitar, piano, or bass, and especially for percussive instruments, which live or die by their attack. A sound system suffering from this sounds muffled or muddy.

BBE's Sonic Maximizer was designed for precisely this purpose. Their processing consists primarily of two steps:

-The Sonic Maximizer adds delay times to lower frequencies on a curve, designed to counteract the natural phase delay between the bass and treble. This ensures that the whole signal reaches people at once, brightening the tone and giving the signal all the livelihood of what's happening on stage.

-Additionally, full-range speakers often reproduce lowest and highest frequencies at a lower efficiency than all the stuff in the middle. This is more or less an accepted fact of most PA speakers - systems often come with high and low frequency boost switches to alleviate this issue. However, BBE's Sonic Maximizer series augment these frequencies intelligently and in conjunction with their delay curve, offering a solid, full-range signal in a single box!

The BBE 882i is BBE's flagship Sonic Maximizer rack processor. This system features +23 dB of output headroom and balanced inputs and outputs (XLR and TRS). Its compatibility with balanced signals is the key to getting the absolute most out of your sonic maximizer and your PA system.