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<blockquote data-quote="Kip Conner" data-source="post: 24021" data-attributes="member: 445">Re: Active vs Passive Direct BoxesI spend a lot of time that seemed to work in three&#039;s of the years with guitars. So my work box (all gear is new with him and then goes into rental stock for my small company) has three Type 85&#039;s, Three Klark DI&#039;s- but I ended up using a pair of Stereo Whirlwind Di&#039;s and I&#039;m fine with that set-up. Most DI boxes have a pad built into their circuitry. An interesting note about the Klark DI (the ones with the Blue rubber) is that while they have a -30dB pad button on the outside they do not have a pad in their circuitry so it runs way hotter than what we are used to seeing as input stage. For instance, an acoustic guitar with a passive system might arbitrary need 30dB of gain on the pre-amp to bring it to a nice unity level. The same guitar on the Klark needs only 10dB of pre-amp gain. Another way to look at it is that the gain knob may be turned to 12:00 on the countryman to reach line level and it&#039;s already line level with the Klark. But the klark does have the beautiful xlr input for quick line checking. Someone already mentioned Radial- the D2 is a great addition for a passive DI and it&#039;s stereo. All mic boxes need a good pair of stereo di&#039;s for those key&#039;s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kip Conner, post: 24021, member: 445"] Re: Active vs Passive Direct Boxes I spend a lot of time that seemed to work in three's of the years with guitars. So my work box (all gear is new with him and then goes into rental stock for my small company) has three Type 85's, Three Klark DI's- but I ended up using a pair of Stereo Whirlwind Di's and I'm fine with that set-up. Most DI boxes have a pad built into their circuitry. An interesting note about the Klark DI (the ones with the Blue rubber) is that while they have a -30dB pad button on the outside they do not have a pad in their circuitry so it runs way hotter than what we are used to seeing as input stage. For instance, an acoustic guitar with a passive system might arbitrary need 30dB of gain on the pre-amp to bring it to a nice unity level. The same guitar on the Klark needs only 10dB of pre-amp gain. Another way to look at it is that the gain knob may be turned to 12:00 on the countryman to reach line level and it's already line level with the Klark. But the klark does have the beautiful xlr input for quick line checking. Someone already mentioned Radial- the D2 is a great addition for a passive DI and it's stereo. All mic boxes need a good pair of stereo di's for those key's. [/QUOTE]

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