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I have a simple home system which includes a cdg player, api a-801 mixer/amp and api speakers.  I purchased a BBE 362 sonic maximizer hoping to enhance the vocals and music.  I gather from reading some of the topics that I cannot use the bbe to enhance the vocals with this simple setup.  I was hoping that I could still use the bbe to enhance the music by running the player into the bbe 362 then running the bbe 362 into the mixer/amp.  My problem is that the player has rca outputs, the bbe 362 has only 1/4 inputs/outputs and the mixer/amp only has rca inputs/outputs.  Do I need special cables to hook this up or just any cable that has rca to 1/4" connectors .  I have standard rca cables.  Can I just use an adapter?

Well you'll need to get RCA to 1/4" cables, but you use the Pre loop in the lower right corner on the back of the amp.  Pre output L/R of the amp into the input of the BBE.  Output of the BBE into Pre input of the amp!  This will adjust the overall mix - music & mics.  If you want JUST the music - simply leave the pre loop alone & run the player into the BBE & the BBE into the mixer front where you'd normally plug the player in.

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You can also get these from Rat Shack as well.

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Thank you!  Do you know if the BBE will make a noticeable difference or not?

It should but all systems react differently to different processors.  Remember this is not a bass/treble control - even though it does mimic one, it is a frequency realigner - one of the biggest mistakes is people think of it as tonal control & turn up the knobs like they would bass/treble.  If you want to use it to cut/boost frequencies, you should get an eq.

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Thank you!

I have another question for my dad's karaoke setup.  He wants to run his Alesis Multimix 8fx mixer into a BBE 362 Maximizer then into his amplifier.  The manual for the Alesis mixer states that you need to use only mono TRS cables (which I can't seem to find; seems that TRS cables are stereo cables) and the BBE maximizer states that the inputs for the BBE are unbalanced inputs.  I don't know which cables to use.  Can I run balanced cables from the mixer into the unbalanced inputs of the BBE?  Thank you in advance.

You would probably be best advised to use unbalanced cables, but I don't think you would have a problem with balanced.

By the way, TRS is not equal to stereo. TRS cables are used for stereo connections, but usually only as a splitter to RCA or unbalanced 1/4" connections (as in an insert cable). But TRS is also used for balanced patch or signal chain sends.

In pro audio, there are very few single-cable stereo connections.