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Post by gravesnumber9 on Mar 25, 2024 9:59:27 GMT -6
I need a no-frills rack mount DI box. There's a DB4 second hand locally for $80 and seems to go for around $100 or so online. The current model is the DB4a and it's like $499.
To me they look completely identical. Is there a reason for the disparity other than general inflation and manufacturing costs? They're all made by Rapco, right?
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Post by ericn on Mar 25, 2024 10:11:55 GMT -6
I need a no-frills rack mount DI box. There's a DB4 second hand locally for $80 and seems to go for around $100 or so online. The current model is the DB4a and it's like $499. To me they look completely identical. Is there a reason for the disparity other than general inflation and manufacturing costs? They're all made by Rapco, right? Inflation, might be using a new OEM for transformer. |
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Mar 25, 2024 10:17:39 GMT -6
I need a no-frills rack mount DI box. There's a DB4 second hand locally for $80 and seems to go for around $100 or so online. The current model is the DB4a and it's like $499. To me they look completely identical. Is there a reason for the disparity other than general inflation and manufacturing costs? They're all made by Rapco, right? Inflation, might be using a new OEM for transformer. Found some legacy specs for the DB4 and they literally use the identical wording in every respect to the current verbiage for DB4a. So... solid unit? Does what it says? I just need a cleaner way to route hi-z and/or line signals to the line inputs on the back of my console. |
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Post by ericn on Mar 25, 2024 10:59:46 GMT -6
Inflation, might be using a new OEM for transformer. Found some legacy specs for the DB4 and they literally use the identical wording in every respect to the current verbiage for DB4a. So... solid unit? Does what it says? I just need a cleaner way to route hi-z and/or line signals to the line inputs on the back of my console. It’s not sexy, but yeah ProCo DB series are road and studio proven Passive DI’s. You could do a lot worse for the same amount of $. |
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Mar 25, 2024 11:05:15 GMT -6
Found some legacy specs for the DB4 and they literally use the identical wording in every respect to the current verbiage for DB4a. So... solid unit? Does what it says? I just need a cleaner way to route hi-z and/or line signals to the line inputs on the back of my console. It’s not sexy Why start now? Haha |
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Post by bricejchandler on Mar 25, 2024 14:03:47 GMT -6
While I'll agree that they are solid, I don't think Procos sound very good
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Post by bricejchandler on Mar 25, 2024 14:04:55 GMT -6
But then, 4 dis for $80...not sure how you're going to beat that
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Mar 25, 2024 14:25:49 GMT -6
But then, 4 dis for $80...not sure how you're going to beat that Yeah, and it's not for keeper parts really. It's for direct acoustic, direct electric which will be re-amped or replaced, and direct organ which will also be re-amped or replaced. So it just needs to work and not fail, doesn't need to add anything. It's annoying having a bunch of wires and boxes crossing the floor for instruments that I don't even really care about how they sound anyway. Why should a crappy sounding direct acoustic guitar get the right to make my room look ugly! |
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Post by ericn on Mar 25, 2024 15:13:19 GMT -6
But then, 4 dis for $80...not sure how you're going to beat that Yeah, and it's not for keeper parts really. It's for direct acoustic, direct electric which will be re-amped or replaced, and direct organ which will also be re-amped or replaced. So it just needs to work and not fail, doesn't need to add anything. It's annoying having a bunch of wires and boxes crossing the floor for instruments that I don't even really care about how they sound anyway. Why should a crappy sounding direct acoustic guitar get the right to make my room look ugly! Years ago I tried to convince the guys at ProCo that a DI in an electric outlet box would be cool for the studio market, it would be like a mic wall plate for instrument level. Everybody thought I was nuts. |
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