AR133 : My Choice of DI

The biggest issue I've had with DIs in the past is that they have had an awful habit of "colouring" or dimming the signal, so these were a delightful find when I first used them. What goes into it, is what comes out (just cleaned up a little). The rugged design means it'll take a kicking in any energetic environment.

The DI has an active design, meaning it requires phantom power, however can run using a battery. The neat little thing about this is the power switch that you can hit to turn it off to make sure you don't drain the battery. I wouldn't use batteries myself, but it's still the small things that make the difference for those in a bind.

The lift switch is a definite requirement and the ability to plug in an unbalanced XLR signal makes this DI infinitely more useful as an impedance management tool.

The only thing I would say I would like improved is to have more options with the pad switch. The amount of times it would have been perfect to do a -10dB cut on the signal but had to go for a -20dB minimum has been annoying but not unworkable.

All in all, great DI and for the price, you'd be mad to go for anything else.