Scott Fraser wrote:

It's a bandaid that had some occasional usefulness for bringing back a
bit of presence from poorly recorded analog tracks, in a way that was
different from merely boosting high end EQ. In this era of digital
recording & mics with hugely boosted top end, I fail to see the need
for this kind of device. Generally, a good mic into a good preamp will
naturally achieve all the presence these sort of exciters were meant to
recreate via signal manipulation.

Scott Fraser

I was really thinking of its use in 'enhancing' previously recorded material on CD.

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