The hardware Maxxbass units under review here do exactly the same thing as the plug-in, and the two boxes differ only in their connectivity options. The 101's back panel offers much more comprehensive connections. A further trick it did was to stretch out the length of bass events, which again increased the apparent bass without requiring a higher peak level. It also allowed you to make bass sounds appear louder and deeper, for sound systems with small subwoofers. By reducing low-frequency fundamentals and manipulating higher harmonics, it reduced the demands on the speaker system while fooling the ear into thinking that just as much bass was present. The processing algorithm relied on the fact that the human ear/brain system makes assumptions about certain sounds depending on their harmonic structure. The rackmount Maxxbass 101's front panel offers better metering and a lock function.The Waves Maxxbass plug-in, which I reviewed back in SOS February 1998, enabled smaller loudspeakers to produce a greater sense of bass depth without requiring any more amplifier power or stressing the speakers. The processing from the Maxxbass plug-in now in hardware format.
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