ThomasA wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 10:54 |
Hi Andy! There is no model DI-120 from Behringer, at least not that I know of or that I would have found on their webpage. If you're talking about the DI-100 (silver BSS style) I can't report the same problems you've experienced. In case you were working with the DI-20 (2ch version), thanks for the warning. I only attempted to work with those once, and out of 3 brand new ones, two were not working with phantom power - thus, back to the old passive ones I had in my suitcase. Apparently this really is a piece of equipment to stay away from! Cheers, Thomas |
repairman wrote on Fri, 09 September 2005 09:07 |
If its the DI100 you mean, something must have been wrong with that unit. The national broadcaster in Denmark made a blind test of DI's and the DI100 came out as the best sounding unit. And the test contained lots of much higher prised Di's |
Andy Peters wrote on Fri, 09 September 2005 12:35 |
As I just noted, the piece of shit is the DI-20 dual job, not the DI-100 clone of the BSS box. The DI-100 should sound similar to the BSS AR133, since for all intents (to deceive? you decide) and purposes, the two units are identical. However, as I've detailed in the past (search!), there are significant differences between the BSS and the B-Unit, and the most important difference is in the output transformer. The BSS unit is oversized and magentically shielded and the Behringer is undersized and not shielded. Magnetic shielding is a vital property for a direct box. -a |
repairman wrote on Fri, 09 September 2005 20:10 |
FWIW the outputtransformers on mine DI100 stock are magneticaly shielded. |
Paul Magro wrote on Sun, 11 September 2005 07:45 |
If Behringer made cheap cars and 8 out of 10 of them crapped out, why would anyone still buy them to find the two that lasted a little longer? |