Behringer DI20 Reviews

Simple, good helping tool.

Best DI box out there

These are everywhere you go, and with good reason too. They are the best thing you can buy out there if you have a permanent set up. They are durable and can be used if you move around as well. I bought 5 of these and they are most handy to have, especially if you need to split the signal for personal monitoring!

Compact DI Box

I needed a DI box for an acoustic set with two musicians using acoustic pick ups. This box fitted the bill perfectly and is very versatile. Just what I was looking for at a very affordable price. It is neat and inconspicuous, but functions perfectly.

Versatile, cheap but does its jobs well.

At this price get a few for your tool kit. You can either use this to take a stereo signal from a laptop (with 3.5mm to 2 mono jack cable), 2 mono channels such as 2 acoustic guitars, or use it in split mode to take a DI of an instrument and send it to the front of house and an onstage amp. I have never used these for any other purpose so can't comment on using fro larger signals.

They work perfectly, I always get a nice clean signal, and if the PC signal is too hot, I can add a 20db or 40db pad to lower the gain. Although I always start my gain path with the PC to ensure its not overcooking its output and distorting.

I have used these from small intimate settings of acoustic music, to medium sized pub gigs upto 500.

These can run off battery if needed, or phantom power from the desk. I always use phantom power as why add the expense of batteries? But I always have a battery on hand incase my phantom power fails.

You dont need to spend more money. This does the job pure and simple. You get a great clean strong signal and thats what matters at this stage.

They are also fairly light but metal construction so will take a beating. Been using the same one for 7 years now, Adding more to allow for more complicated set ups.

Does what it says it will

not the best made (metal but flimsy) but it does what it says. Have used within band to either route 2 ukuleles through to PA or to route 1 ukulele to PA and use the second out to route to amp for monitor purposes. Can be either battery powered (9v) or phantom powered.

Other reviews have talked about hissing and humming when used by phantom power but I have not experienced this. This is a budget priced item and with my 6 piece band I have not noticed and issues with sound. If using in studio you may want to invest more in a decent Studio quality DI box.

Cheap cheerful, works, don't mind it they get kicked around. If they get damaged I will but some more.

Simple and effective

The title says it all. Not as noiseless and some higher end products, but for alive situation they are fine.

Just works really well.

Not really much to say about this one, It works really well and delivers.

Used many times now and works perfectly, I personally use quite a bit of Behringer kit as I have not yet won the lottery and find it does what it says on the box. This may be a cheap piece of kit but I am struggling to see how you would get any better results from paying twice the price?

Its not bomb proof but if you treat these things right I reckon they will last for a good few years, I keep mine attached in my pedal board case so it is well protected, but if you just throw your stuff in a bag they are cheap enough to replace.

Noisy, but handy in live situations

We first got one of these to help route some things in our rehearsal space (mostly to split the kick drum signal to the main mixer and to our drummers in-ear monitors). It was very useful as a splitter in a rehearsal situations.

Next we tried to get the DI signal of the guitar to do some reamping later and found it to be very noisy. It added a lot of noise to the whole DI track and made it completely unusable as a DI ( in the end we ended up using a Behringer mixer for the DI signal).

What made us decide to purchase several more? When in a live situation where you don't 100% know what in house gear you end up using these can give you a lot of flexibility. If you are just starting out and are not sure what you are going to need then bringing a few of these DI boxes with you can help you in unseen situations.

Great for Stereo Applications

The Behringer DI20 is an excellent studio companion for connecting stereo instruments. It carries all the features of the Ultra DI in a smaller unit while coping with dual inputs and outputs.The ground lift is adequate and the attenuation (DB filters) work quite well. All in all a great DI and good value.

Great DI!

I use this for a variety of things; I mostly use it for using my iPad within my band. I connect it up with a stereo headphone jack to stereo 1/4 inch jack into the DI box, and XLR out using the link setting on the DI so it comes out in stereo on one channel.

Super handy!

Also, having phantom power on your mixer helps.

Classic fallback DI option

These boxes have been around for years and I have to say they are an excellent back up. The fact they come in such a small form factor in a rugged metal case offering stereo outputs is pretty awesome given the price point. It's only when you use something like a Radial DI that you'll notice any improvement in quality.

I use this as a backup for when touring and frankly if I'm at a good venue, they'll have superior DI's but if I'm in a not so good venue, where they don't have good conditioned equipment, this DI is a perfect portable option.

I don't use di boxes generally but got this to put in my gig case for odd occasions. Apart from not having much expertise in these products it seemed to do what it said on the box.

Used it as a splitter for the bass guitar to send signal to desk and amp separately which worked fine,

Also used it for low level acc. Guitars going into the pa, which nicely boosted the signal.

Although it is at the low budget end of di boxes , I am pleased with its function.

Obviously this isnt on a par sound quality wise with a Radial or BSS but for a budget box it functions just fine.

Particular handy for use on stereo sources or Keyboards it save running two separate boxes.

extremely useful

I bought some of these boxes just for DI purposes on the very rare occasion that I need DIs, but have found that they get used far more as splitters. Not the most interesting bit of studio gear but has saved me quite a few times!

unsatisfactory

I bought this to split my bass signals to both the combo and the PA. Unfortunately the sound quality is unsatisfactory and I basically abandoned the use of it albeit I bought two of it at once. I don't recommend this product.

So far so good

First of all, I don't know how long this little gadget will last, I've only had it for a few months.

But it's awesome so far.

Cheap, seems well built (though I don't play baseball with it), and really useful. Two separate channels or one stereo, with some extra features like splitting is very neat.

I tried recording with it through an M-Audio USB pro interface, and there isn't any hum- all the more awesome! If you're on a budget and in need of a few active DI boxes for concerts, recording or anything, this is the perfect solution.

Great quality for the price.

Behringer DI20

The "Swiss Army Knife" of accessories!

If your laptop BUZZES though your PA, you need one of these..

Connect it and use the ground lift. Hey, presto... no more BUZZZZZZZ

Conference uses are a must, you always get bad earth laptops there.

Entirely reasonable budget option with plenty features

Behringer can sometimes send chills down the spine of sound professionals and the DI20 is certainly nothing incredible. However it is also inexpensive and thus a good option for venues where gear takes a physical pounding and is prone to breakage or a lot of drinks are flying around (see heavy metal/punk especially).

To its credit, it also offers fair adaptability serving as a pair of mono's or a tidy compact stereo, plus offering lines out and the usual pads and grounding switches.

These can get a bit crunchy as they age but in all truth they do an aceptable job you may not want to risk other high-end products on.

Sounds ok but low quality

Obviously this is a very cheap DI, but it shows in the build quality. Mine broke after a couple of years. Not the end of the world but it ate batteries while it was alive as well.

While it worked it did the job it was made for, so I guess I can't complain too much.

Recommended if you need an occasional DI and don't want to spend loads, but if you can afford a little more there are better options.

DI box.

This little box has more uses than I first thought.

I experimented with this in my studio, and found more uses than are claimed on the box.

Great little gadget and cheap enough to have 2.

I sometimes do sound for bands and concerts, these will get used plenty by me, they look OK too.