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Austen
Bronze Member
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 Posted - 05/04/2006 : 16:15:37
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Never played one.... fill me in! |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2006 : 16:40:04
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An Eq will boost the frequency spectrum chosen by the user. The EH-2 will boost harmonic components of the main signal.
A 1kHz signal will always be a composited signal put together by lots of harmonic components of the root frequency. The high frequency components (usualy above 5kHz) of the signal will often be filtered off when the signal goes through many effects, cables and amps. By boosting these high frequency components the EH-2 is able to get back some of the sparkle and brilliance of the original sound. |
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stahlhart
Platinum Member
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Posted - 05/04/2006 : 19:26:50
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I believe that in principle it was based on the concept of an "aural exciter", sort of like the rack mount units made by companies like Aphex and dbx.
Years ago, when I collected/traded cassette tapes of live recordings, I would make cassette to cassette copies through a dbx Project 1 spectral enhancer... it wouldn't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but if there recording was of decent enough quality it had the effect of removing a generation or two from the tape sound quality. If the tape was in really bad shape it wouldn't do much of anything except add more noise.  I still have that dbx unit.
The EH-2 will restore some high-end sparkle to the guitar's tone, and depending on how you set the "mix" control it can also slightly alter the instrument's overall tone. Almost seems like you get more of a scooped-midrange effect on one sode of "mix" versus the other.
C.K.
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Austen
Bronze Member
50 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2006 : 04:13:45
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Hey, thanks. I'll have to try one.
What's fair price for one of these in good average condition? |
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1964
Copper Member
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Posted - 05/05/2006 : 05:31:53
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> "What's fair price for one of these in good average condition?"
US$40-60 + shipping.
I paid $43 for mine just last month. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2006 : 07:23:05
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EH-2 do something more than just boosting the high frequencies, I have tried getting the same effect with EQ�s with no success. EH-2 adds something an EQ won�t do. You can experience this by yourself just using EH-2 alone and then try to get the same effect with an EQ.
I can�t live without EH-2, it just do miracles to muddy-sounding pedal-lines a<nd to my sound in general.
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maniacally_cool
Silver Member
Philippines
212 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2006 : 08:05:34
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| i agree with goran. once you tried the EH-2, you'll feel different the time you take it out of your effects chain. |
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Sunburst
Silver Member
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Posted - 05/05/2006 : 08:06:05
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Why am I not surprised by your post Goran? 
(He has tried to make me get one of these for a long time!) |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2006 : 10:43:33
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Sunburst: I�m not stopping telling you until you get an EH-2, that�s the best advice I ever given you! The worst have been Stinkfoot DS-1, and that�s because we have different opinions on OD�s.
By the way get two EH-2 as you have a tendency to buy two of every rare pedal�.
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Sunburst
Silver Member
427 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2006 : 12:10:27
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Relax Goran, I promise you I will get an EH-2 sometime soon.
You have made me too curious about it, so I will have to give it a try, when I find one for a good price.
Who knows, I may end up getting two!  |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2006 : 13:44:16
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| To get a good picture of what EH-2 does, slightly exaggerated, think that you have a carpet over your amp. Using EH-2 is like removing the carpet. |
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phostenix
Gold Member
USA
754 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2006 : 16:17:52
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Ah, the old audiophile blanket & speaker analogy. So open and airy....
So many bad memories. 
Grace and peace,
Steve
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stahlhart
Platinum Member
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edpearson
Copper Member
USA
9 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2006 : 22:32:45
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I'm trying to decide between a Boss EH-2 and a BBE Sonic Stomp (which is their Sonic Maximizer in stompbox format). Can anyone tell me which is better? They both serve the same purpose, but I'm not sure where the similarities (if any) end. I'm leaning towards the EH-2 to put on the end of my 11-pedal chain. However, you all know that the EH-2 isn't easily accessible. A couple of them will show up on eBay every month and they tend to go for less than $60 just about every time (I know because I've been outbid on every EH-2 in the past month). So the BBE pedal is readily available for about $99. I'm sure you guys probably lean towards the EH-2 as well, but if anyone out there who could shed some light on the EH-2 vs. the BBE Sonic Stomp -- please do!
Thanks!
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Edited by - edpearson on 05/07/2006 01:00:51 |
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What does the EH-2 do that an EQ can't ?
