|
General Asylum General audio topics that don't fit into specific categories. |
|
|
|
General Asylum General audio topics that don't fit into specific categories. |
|
In Reply to: OK. Here's my problem. No, here's the problem. posted by Kal Rubinson on March 16, 2007 at 16:34:44:
If you are satisfied, don't change a thing! You'll just wreck the delicate balance that is so hard to achieve.
I've read a lot of BBE lit. as well as the descriptions of the BBE process in the manuals. They are a little vague and I'm still not exactly sure of all of the specifics.
I do know that the LF Contour can provide up to 10 dB of boost or cut at 50 Hz. This is obviously a bass control. It works because it has no effect on the lower midrange, many speakers are lacking in LF response and many recordings are rolled off. I set this control at "+2" out of +5 (range -5 to +5 like a bass control". It sounds natural, not shelved. This control uses circuitry on the BBE chip so maybe it does more than a conventional bass control, I don't know for sure. It certainly does not work as poorly as all of the ones I've owned, even ones with lower LF turnover selection as was common in the '70s.
The Process control is what "introduces the BBE process" to quote from the manual. I am not completely clear on this part of it. BBE is deliberately vague. Part of it is boost at 5 kHz. I've read that this is some kind of "dynamic eq", whatever that means. It does not seem bright to me, even at high settings. I set this control to 6 out of ten.
I mention the positive effects with Benefit and Aqualung. The vinyl copy of Benefit I have has at most a couple of dB of dynamic range. There is nothing below 100 Hz or so and no high end at all. The recording is lifeless with no air. It literally sounds like a transistor radio. Remember those? Having one of those when I was a kid was a big deal. Anyway my 462 makes such recordings sound pretty good without the same lousy effects that even the "better" tone controls seem to have.
People who listen mostly to classical do not need BBE. Even the bad classical recordings are listenable compared to pop and rock ones from the '60's and '70's. '50's and '60's jazz recordings are pretty good too. At least the ones I've heard are. Perhaps there are a lot of bad ones there too, I don't really know.
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- True - nightdoggy 16:59:40 03/16/07 (2)
- Ah! - Kal Rubinson 18:27:08 03/16/07 (1)
- I suspected that! - nightdoggy 18:31:34 03/16/07 (0)
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]