Old Horse Murphy Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Can anyone recommend a (reasonably priced) rackable DI at all? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Specifically a rack unit, or just one small enough to fit into a rack? You also have the choice of active or passive, depending on where in your signal chain you are putting the DI. Passive *usually* being the cheaper but less flexible solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 Probably a Passive one and preferably a rack unit. I boviously need to do a bit more research in to this!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I see Thomann do a rackable DI box. I use a stereo passive DI from 'Palmer'. Cheap as chips, but really good transformers inside. Rumour has it they are Jensens, but I'd need to open her up to take a look! lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Alex gigs with his Avalon U5 into a power amp. It's not cheap though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I'd seriously just go for an MTR DI box - no point in racking something so small. What do you need it for? Reason I ask is that every sound engineer under the sun has a box ful of regular DI boxes so unless you want a 'top quality' unit like the aforementioned Avalon then I'm struggling to see the reason for owning one - unless the XLR out on your amp has kicked the bucket! Can you give a little more info on intended use etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 [quote name='The Funk' post='40000' date='Aug 1 2007, 02:04 PM']Alex gigs with his Avalon U5 into a power amp. It's not cheap though.[/quote] +1. Got an Avalon U5 recently. It is absolutely fantastic. Which is why it's become the industry standard DI for many top 'name' bass players & high-end recording studios. But - it is also a (very expensive!!!) big heavy box that needs to be cased properly if you want to gig it. The rack kit for it is a rip-off price as well (I use a £20 Alu video camera case that is a perfect fit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 For £68 you could get a half-rack Samson C-Valve. Valve mic preamp with built-in AD converter. Only downside is the bleedin' wall wart. Still, you could get two of them and the rack kit for just over £150. Fairly good quality instrument input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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