DI Boxes

[Bothy Cat]

Hi there, just looking for a bit of guidance. We are going to be doing sound foh for our band for the first time and have a multi core etc but will require to purchase 3 DI boxes, 2 for our fiddle players and 1 for our accoustic guitarist.

 

Can anybody give some advice as to what would be the best options make/models - budget probably up to £200-£250 for the 3 or less if poss.

 

The fiddles have fishman pickups with quarter inch jack sockets, and they then each plug into fishman pre-amps.

 

cheers & festive greetings to all

mike

[boswell]

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[Kevin Ross]

Well I will start at the bottom of the ladder and work up,

 

 

 

On the bottom rung of the ladder you cant go far wrong with the Behringer DI100 for about £30

 

www.behringer.com/DI100/index.cfm

 

Just avoid the DI20 they are not very nice at all IMHO

 

 

 

Next up would be the BSS AR133 for about £100 per box.

 

www.bssaudio.com/productpg.php?product_id=17

 

Again really nice boxes but I personally struggle to justify the extra cost if I don’t have to meet riders.

 

 

 

As a left wing option why not look at a DI unit that is rack mounted? Behringer do a really cheep one for about £55 or something a little more up market

 

http://www.studiospares.com/DI-Boxes/Mtr-D...el-/invt/401530

 

 

 

If it was my money I would be quite happy getting 3 of the Behringer DI100s and keeping the extra money for another purchase. I own about 4 of the DI100s and 2 AR133s and its hard to tell them apart sound wise

[paulears]

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regards

 

Paul

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