This little beauty adds some nice tube warmth and volume to your mic, and it does so for a very reasonable price. It's well-built and is actually pretty quiet. In fact, I use one on my acoustic guitar, as well. The different "tone" settings on this particular version also give you some decent voicing options before you even get to your main mixer or EQ. A word of warning: these ART mic preamps use a 9V AC to AC (700-1000 mA) type power transformer, whereas most 9V pedal transformers are AC to DC. Make sure any transformer included with a used ART mic pre has the proper configuration before you buy, and realize that if you have an old "wall wart" hanging around your studio, it probably isn't well-suited for this type of preamp.
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This is the third ART DI box I have purchased (the other two I have were the original issue). I was hoping that the reliability issues I had with one of the two boxes I originally purchased had been resolved, but apparently not. In fairness, I bought this unit used, so I do not know if these issues existed when new or not. There is a lot more to this DI than the ones originally sold, and I have yet to put it through its paces with other audio sources. I love the addition of the meter (although there are some mysteries as to exactly how to interpret it). I also love that there are some subtleties with the rotator dial regarding the EQ of the input! So far, I have only put an electric guitar into it, and have yet to try it as a microphone DI -- I look forward to doing so in the near future! But when I brought it to church to use as a DI for a guitar, when I plugged it into the PA system via XLR cable out, the meter pegged (all the way to the right), and there was no sound! I tried a couple times, and it would peg every time I plugged in the line out via XLR. When I tried it out at home, I used it with the 1/4" line, and also had some problems with "pretend" audio -- LED showed overmodulation, but did not get sound. Again, in fairness, it acts strangely until the tube (12AX7) warmed up. After a minute or two, the unit settled down. This DI has potential -- I just hope that others work more reliably than mine has so far. But again, this is a used unit, and I need to work it over some more, to see if it's the design, or just that it may have a lot of miles on it.Read full review
This lives up to most reviews I have read. I like the adjustable setting dial, although the less warm it goes, the more noisy. Overall a good product for the price I paid Will likely buy another for the right price
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I use this device to amplify the signal from my violin mic. My first one died after five years. Works great.
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If you're into home studio recording this mic pre will more than do the job.
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