PYLE-PRO Premium Direct Injection Audio Box - Passive DI Unit Hum Eliminator w/ Input Attenuator to Connect Guitar & Bass - 1/4 Inch Impedance Transformer Connector to Balanced & Unbalanced XLR-PDC22 , Black

nice thing really happy

The only downside? The metal (but NOT plastic!) enclosure is a bit flimsy. It hit cement one day and got a little ding. Bummer. Plastic might have cracked. I got a dinged corner. But other than that? Flawless. Good sound, plenty of bells and whistles, and most importantly for a gigging keyboardist: STEREO! For the money, it's astoundingly good. And that metal enclosure? I wouldn't take it on a world tour, but it's perfect for the gigging weekend warrior like me. Highly recommended.

So this is a good product for a decent price if you know what it is you're getting. What this is, is a passive direct box with nothing but a transformer to match impiedance between XLR balanced and 1/4" unbalanced. As such a few things to keep in mind are that this is not an amplifier, it has no active powered electronics inside. Also there is some inherent loss in any transformer, so the signal coming out may not be quite as strong as the signal going in. If you're looking for a lossless direct box with low impiedance, then you will want an active direct box with operational amplifiers and powered circuits. This is not on of those. But having said that, it does a fairly good job and is built like a brick ####-house. It has some serious weight to it, and if it fails as a proper direct box for you it can certainly be used as a theft deterrent device. Seriously though, good little unit. Since there is no active electronics there is little to no chance of inducing extra noise or hum. It does have some attenuation resistors (meaning it can make loud things quieter) for if you are feeding something with higher volume like a speaker output into something that's expecting lower volume like a microphone input. It also has the ability to do ground lift, if you're getting ground loop hum. (And if you don't know what that is, simply nod and act impressed.) All in all I rated it with 4 stars because as long as you know what you're getting, its a great little unit. But just be sure you do some reading on the differences between active and passive direct boxes. Happy Hunting!

I bought two of these because they were inexpensive and worth a try. They have proven to be useful for a number of applications. Over the summer I used one between my portable PA and a couple of rechargable powered monitors. The attenuation feature came in handy as one of the monitors has a very hot input, so padding it down gave me more control over the volume. At church I've used them to run a stereo keyboard mix to the main PA so the dual channels is nice. I have been satisfied with the sound quality, but I haven't done any head-to-head comparisons with other units. I use mostly for my keyboards that are putting out a line level signal and where I have a lot of tone control available so I can't comment on how the DI might color the sound of a direct guitar, bass or similar instrument. Considering that a top rated professional DI costs 5 times more, these are a great value for the part time musician.

I've been very happy with these. They are quite economical, and work well. They sound is clean. I'm regularly using with both a guitar, and with a Hi-Z drum module output. I have occasionally used to hooking up a regular computer sound output to the mixer. It worked well for this too.

This is pretty cheap - on of the switches is really weak with poor signal - it's okay for the price, but if you want something that will last a while, maybe go with something else.

I've been in automotive electronics as a job for 25 yrs and used pyle products..the high end stuff is quality Been playing with music 45yrs.. Used the DI box for my guitar.. And proper effects and it kills the noise with the noise gate..before it was really bad thanks

These are sturdy, well-built DI boxes for an unbelievable price. I bought two of them to get my two Eurorack cases into my audio interface with clean signal. These things are RIDICULOUSLY quiet. I have such a low noise floor, it's ridiculous. Transparent too - does not color the sound, or take away from it in any regard that I can notice.

Finora è stato l’unico oggetto che ha fatto sparire fruscii e crepitii provenienti dal Pc e che venivano percepiti dalla scheda audio usb e convogliati sui miei monitor KRK per il mio piccolo studio di home recording. Unica pecca abbassa di parecchi db il volume di uscita ma, i miei Krk hanno il controllo del volume e quindi l’ho messo al massimo.

pas encore tester , mais le prix est très attractif

Ok

Thanks a lot.

Outfitting a recording studio and found these passive DI’s to be very functional both for recording and live performances.