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<blockquote data-quote="Marlow Wilson" data-source="post: 23690" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>Re: Active vs Passive Direct Boxes</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>In general you should focus on the impedance of the active vs passive models you are considering as it relates to the load the pickup will see (both normal and padded down for the active) and also the transformer. There is no good generalization between all active and all passive. A great passive DI will have the benefit of a quality transformer that a cheap active DI will not.</p><p></p><p>*EDIT* To be more clear, the best active DI's get closer to the best passive DI's for noise handling (From what I know) but the best passive DI's still win for absolute level handling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marlow Wilson, post: 23690, member: 47"] Re: Active vs Passive Direct Boxes In general you should focus on the impedance of the active vs passive models you are considering as it relates to the load the pickup will see (both normal and padded down for the active) and also the transformer. There is no good generalization between all active and all passive. A great passive DI will have the benefit of a quality transformer that a cheap active DI will not. *EDIT* To be more clear, the best active DI's get closer to the best passive DI's for noise handling (From what I know) but the best passive DI's still win for absolute level handling. [/QUOTE]
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