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Aphex 250 Aural Exciter Type III

I've used this in front of Orban and Aphex multiband boxes and it works very well - just don't overuse it as it can cause some listner fatigue if used heavy handed. The noise reduction works well on it as well.

I've got one that been sitting in a box for a couple of years since it was replaced at an AM station. I never bothered to try it since I had a pair of 204's that I acquired with a large equipment purchase.

Bill
 
Hi Bill,

It sounds like a decent enhancer for an AM airchain - I'm looking for a touch more density that standard AGC style pre-processing hasn't been able to provide.

I wouldn't mind buying it if you're interested - I can be contacted on [email protected]

Cheers,

Matt
 
We had a 250 set up as part of an Aphex Audiophile (Compellor, Exciter, Dominator, Digicoder) air chain on a NCE which we have since replaced with an Omnia.03T. The Aural Exciter will not add any density, but will provide some enhancement on dull and older audio. I could really never get it to sound "good" on the air. It would over emphasize cymbal crashes and female voices.

It's now in the production room being used in a chain for dubbing vinyl to Hard Drive, for this purpose it works well.
 
BofH said:
Hi Bill,

It sounds like a decent enhancer for an AM airchain - I'm looking for a touch more density that standard AGC style pre-processing hasn't been able to provide.
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I don't think the 250 is going to give you much "density" as it will "sparkle". Density is usually a product of compression and all the Aphex 250 does is add controlled audio harmonics to augment the upper-end audio spectrum (upper and lower in the newer style 204).

It sounds like you need a different processing option. I know I've set up stations with Compellors and many thought the sound was too open and not dense enough. They instead opted for O'mods, Omnias and the like. I don't know what you're using for an airchain but if you're concentrating on loudness I don't think the 250 is the proper box in your situation.

Bill
 
Thanks Bill for the clarification - I thought the 250 might also enhance the bottom end as well, clearly it's great for creating sparkle on older recordings that might have some missing high end - but could wreak havoc with a lot of newer material that has been smashed in the studio.

I used to have an old Compellor 320A in our airchain but it was pumping too much on modern (smashed) material (I think also the fact that it's in bad need of recapping may have had also increased the muddyness over a new unit)

Now I use a DSPX in DR mode (heavy AGC+ Lookahead Limiting but no clipping) at the studio with an old Cutting Edge Unity AM box at the TX - surprisingly competitive as both units tend to work together to increase density while still letting through some nice punch and high end. I don't really think I can better this combination until the AM version of the DSPXtra is released. :)

Like all of Franks older boxes (pre Turbo), the Unity AM loves having consistent levels from the DSPX and really shines. It's still crushing the audio quite heavily but the Wideband AGC is showing minimal activity. I guess the DSPX's 4 band AGC is creating an effect like an Audio Prism on steroids!

Cheers,

Matt
 
BofH said:
Thanks Bill for the clarification - I thought the 250 might also enhance the bottom end as well, clearly it's great for creating sparkle on older recordings that might have some missing high end - but could wreak havoc with a lot of newer material that has been smashed in the studio.

I used to have an old Compellor 320A in our airchain but it was pumping too much on modern (smashed) material (I think also the fact that it's in bad need of recapping may have had also increased the muddyness over a new unit)

Now I use a DSPX in DR mode (heavy AGC+ Lookahead Limiting but no clipping) at the studio with a Cutting Edge Unity AM box at the TX - surprisingly competitive as both units tend to work together to increase density while still letting through some nice punch and high end. I don't really think I can better this combination until the AM version of the DSPXtra is released. :)

Like all of Franks older boxes (pre Turbo), the Unity AM loves having consistent levels from the DSPX and really shines. It's still crushing the audio quite heavily but the Wideband AGC is showing minimal activity. I guess the DSPX's 4 band AGC is creating an effect like an Audio Prism on steroids!

Cheers,

Matt
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