What is the Aural Enhancer™, and what does it do?
The Aural Enhancer is a passive R/C network that alters the frequency response throughout the bass spectrum. This pre-shaping is “blended” into the original signal through the Aural Enhancer Control. Exact frequencies affected are dependent on the characteristics of the instrument used. Basically a tone shaping control, the Aural Enhancer was developed to bring out the fundamental low notes of the bass guitar, to reduce certain frequencies that help mask the fundamentals and to enhance the high-end transients. The Aural Enhancer has been featured on nearly every SWR amplifier since the company’s inception in 1984; it is a trademark part of the “SWR Sound” people have come to know and love. The ultimate result is a more transparent sound (especially noticeable when slapping and popping), and it can make a “passive” bass sound “active” when set at or above the two o’clock position. To understand how the Aural Enhancer works, think of it as a variable tone curve that changes depending on
