AEV Mirage audio processor

[wgliradio]

I never understood the stereo enhancement obsession. It's always sounded exaggerated to me.

 

[kevtronics]

I never understood the stereo enhancement obsession. It's always sounded exaggerated to me.

The trouble is when you push it too far, and the stereo image starts to "wrap around". That sounds ugly.

I'd love to hear something on FM as good as the Optimod 9100 does on AM Stereo. Its matrix processing pushes things right to the edge of the stereo image, without ever "wrapping around."

 

[The F Mister]

I was looking for a orban 222a but with the stereo enhancement in sight I will wait. The orban 222a's are still going for about €1200 here in the Netherlands, insane if you ask me. But they are good.

 

[Info-warrior]

Has anyone used one of these before?

http://www.inovon.com/?a=2&s=1&i=4

 

[stace]

I never understood the stereo enhancement obsession. It's always sounded exaggerated to me.

It does make the sound a little bigger and more exciting (particularly on pianos IMO), but quite average on car stereos in fringe areas when the radio is swaping from mono to stereo often. I've only used it when it's built into the audio processor, never tried a seperate box.

 

[kevtronics]

Has anyone used one of these before?

http://www.inovon.com/?a=2&s=1&i=4

I like the simplicity of the 260, but for on-air use you have to combine it with the Inovonics stereo generator. The David II is essentially the 260 combined with the stereo generator into one box, and at a lower price, too... but then you might as well go for the David III, since it gives a lot more processing power and only costs $200 more than the David II.

 

[Info-warrior]

Has anyone used one of these before?

http://www.inovon.com/?a=2&s=1&i=4

I like the simplicity of the 260, but for on-air use you have to combine it with the Inovonics stereo generator. The David II is essentially the 260 combined with the stereo generator into one box, and at a lower price, too... but then you might as well go for the David III, since it gives a lot more processing power and only costs $200 more than the David II.

It looks appealing because of the simplicity and the ability to disable the AGC as I intend to use my Compellor for that. The David's-nor the other processors mentioned above-don't seem to have the ability to bypass the AGC. My exciter/transmitter has a stereo generator built in, but it may not offer the same level of performance that pairing it with the Inovonics one might.

It seems to be a long running product as the manual has a date of January, 1985 on it.