Gives you solid state reliability with great tube emulation.
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.
BBE BMAX Solid State Bass Guitar Preamplifier Features:
- High-quality bass preamp/processor
- Useful in the studio and in demanding live applications
- Class A/B front end emulates classic tube preamp
- Electronically-balanced DI output
- Quasi-parametric mid-range EQ with 12db of boost or cut between 250 to 1000hz
- Single-knob soft-knee optical compressor
- Inputs for both passive pickup and active pickup instruments
- 1meg ohm input impedance
- Ground lift switch
- Balanced XLR and 1/4" TRS Outputs
- Military-spec circuit boards
- Extra thick, extra wide circuit board traces for unequaled electron flow
- 1% metal film resistors throughout
- Solid 1/4" thick aluminum extrusion front panel for extreme ruggedness
- Made with pride in the USA
- 5-year warranty
BBE BMAX Solid State Bass Guitar Preamplifier Includes:
Makes even budget amps sound like a vintage tuber. Order today and get your sound right.
