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BBE Sonic Maximizer

Hello members.

I'm new here, and this is my first post.

I'm intimidated to even ask this question, due to the anticipated response.

Basically I have a mid/low-end system.

I'm running a pair of KT-88 /12ax7 mono-blocks, with either Ohm Walsh speakers, or vintage epicure speakers.

Recently a friend of mine brought over a BBE Sonic maximiser, and asked me to try it out. I think it sounded great. I just bought one for myself. I'm really enjoying this little processor.

Has anyone else here tried one of these out? If so, was it a positive or negative experience for you?

I recently read a review, that it’s like taking the blanket off your speakers, I agree with this statement.

At first I was wondering if it just brightened things up, but I don’t think that’s the case. My soundstage seemed to be un-touched.

Is my perceived success with this item due to the fact that I'm under-powering my ohms with my low powered mono's, or am I on to something?
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Go to this link, and see what I have in my signal path:
theaudioatticvinylsundays.com/about

My system is not unsophisticated. These things work...when used judiciously, on recordings that were badly engineered. Overdo the settings, these things go seriously out of wack pretty quickly. They have a bypass switch, so you can cut them out of the signal path quickly.

I have two BBE282ri sonic maximizers, so that I can tweak the channels separately.
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