AR133 : My Expectations Are Met

I basically like the sound of my guitar when it goes through an active DI box before it goes into my audio interface's line input as compared to going straight into instrument input or Hi-Z input. However, there's white noise coming out of my old DI box. So I searched for a possible better replacement until I was able to narrow it down to only one which is the BSS AR133.

The BSS AR133 is definitely a quite active DI box. Also, the BSS AR133 is transparent sounding as it doesn't color the sound like the first active DI box I owned (a more expensive active DI box than BSS AR133). So now I feel that what I am hearing in my DAW is really my guitar's true tone because the BSS AR133 isn't getting in the way by doing its job well. In short, you won't know what you're missing until you try this awesome gear!

Pros:

- Transparent sound quality

- Build quality

- Built like a tank

- Neutrik input and output connectors

- Through the BSS AR133, my guitar's DI sound now sounds like a guitar coming out of my studio monitor speakers because of the absence of artifacts.

Cons:

Very minor but I was a bit surprised that there isn't a battery holder in the battery compartment as compared to the noisy cheap DI box it is replacing.

Highly recommended. Proven to be the industry standard.