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<blockquote data-quote="Kip Conner" data-source="post: 24060" data-attributes="member: 445">Re: Active vs Passive Direct BoxesI&#039;m no electrical engineer either an couldn&#039;t begin to speculate the order of components and their functions. I called Klark to find out why they put a -30dB pad swich on the box because I was having issue with the signal being too hot without the pad and way too low with the pad. I wished they had made it a -10 or -20dB pad because I felt -30dB was too drastic.I was told by Klark that most DI boxes have at least attenuation pad. One built in to their circuitry to drop voltage for the pre-amp. Then if you chose you can buy a DI with an additional external pad to give you a little attenuation. The reason for the -30dB pad was that KT didn&#039;t put the internal pad in their circuitry (or if they did it&#039;s not as drastic as other direct boxes) to try to preserve the original source signal and to extend the dynamic range. That source signal could be an instrument or an xlr (if the mic or line needed a little transformer help)I wish I knew more about the circuitry but the drawing of the Klark DN100 merely shows a transformer and a pad in front of the transformer triggered by an external bu[ATTACH]149571[/ATTACH]tton.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kip Conner, post: 24060, member: 445"] Re: Active vs Passive Direct Boxes I'm no electrical engineer either an couldn't begin to speculate the order of components and their functions. I called Klark to find out why they put a -30dB pad swich on the box because I was having issue with the signal being too hot without the pad and way too low with the pad. I wished they had made it a -10 or -20dB pad because I felt -30dB was too drastic. I was told by Klark that most DI boxes have at least attenuation pad. One built in to their circuitry to drop voltage for the pre-amp. Then if you chose you can buy a DI with an additional external pad to give you a little attenuation. The reason for the -30dB pad was that KT didn't put the internal pad in their circuitry (or if they did it's not as drastic as other direct boxes) to try to preserve the original source signal and to extend the dynamic range. That source signal could be an instrument or an xlr (if the mic or line needed a little transformer help) I wish I knew more about the circuitry but the drawing of the Klark DN100 merely shows a transformer and a pad in front of the transformer triggered by an external bu[ATTACH=CONFIG]149571.vB5-legacyid=868[/ATTACH]tton. [/QUOTE]

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