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I own a couple of BBE Sonic maximizers but, I do not use them for recoding. If I am not mistaken a sonic max was not designed to use while recording.

The sonic max re-times the high and low frequencies so that they reach your ear at the appropriate time. Of course getting the sonic max dialed into where it should be is not always going to be easy. It's easy to go too far either direction... My goal is always to try to get performance playback to sound as close what it sounded like during mixdown in the sweet spot.

Edit: In my opinion if you play live, you need a sonic max.

If you're on a budget pick up a used 362 or a cheaper model. Unless you already play through the BEST gear and have an AWESOME sound man working his magic then I can all but promise you that you will wish you had spent the $50 that a used sonic max sells for long ago.

If you have Carnagie Hall concert quality sound then it may not benefit from a sonic max. But, if you're like 99.9999% of guys who do not have a $50,000 system.... a sonic max WILL impress the heck out of you.