Monte,
> you obviously don't like these devices. <
That's not really true. I don't use them, but I'm not an "exciter basher" like some, and they probably do have their place. I might even use one someday if I thought a track would benefit from that particular effect. But I object when a manufacturer uses techno-gobbledegook to pretend their product does something it doesn't, or vice versa.
> if you take a dual trace scope and compare input to output while running a sweep generator through a BBE device that is EXACTLY what it does (among other things). <
A lot of things can alter how the input and output look on a 'scope. But the notion that audio needs to be time-aligned to match the loudspeaker is ridiculous. How could one compensation work for my JBLs, and someone else's Mackies, and a consumer's Radio Shack speakers all at the same time? And shifting phase a few degrees is not audible anyway. Why doesn't BBE just tell the truth about what the Sonic Maximizer really does?
> Besides, I just thought it might be good reading for someone like Darth who was interested in how the things work. <
No problem there, and the rest of that article does seem useful.
--Ethan
