Hi Matt!
-> DS>> I would like some opinions on the idea of adding a BBE 462 Sonic
-> DS>> Maximizer to my Dolby ProLogic system. I Like the sound of my
-> DS>> system, so I'm not trying to fix any problems, just improve it
-> if DS>> possible.
-> CH> If that BBE 462 does what I suspect it does, DON'T put it BEFORE
-> CH> ANY DOLBY PROCESSING!!  Any processing PRIOR to the Dolby CH>
-> processing will foul up Dolby, thus rendering it next to useless.
-> Umm, Cameron... he's talking about Dolby Pro Logic, a method of
-> encoding multiple audio channels (such as surround sound)... NOT
-> Dolby noise reduction.
I have to side with Cameron on this one. Use the BBE462 (if you feel you
have to) AFTER the Dolby, not before it. Dolby encoding/decoding should
not be messed with and NOTHING should get in the way of that processing
EVER if you want accuracy in the process. Dolby Pro Logic is extremely
phase sensitive, as the basic process is an adaption of the original
Sansui QS quadraphonic processing as used in the original Dolby Stereo.
Of course, this would make the BBE useful for only two of the channels
rather than all of them like being inserted before the Dolby encoding.
 While Barcus Berry makes some nice pickups for instruments and such,
I'm not convinced that their Maximizer is  really worth bothering with,
that it really does much that is beneficial enough to put it in the
chain. A number of reviewers have called some of their products
"voodoo" and other non-flattering things.
 Bonnie *:>
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