Electrical Audio
Founded by Steve Albini, Electrical Audio in Chicago has become synonymous with uncompromising sound and craft. What started as a studio built by and for musicians has grown into a line of custom-built gear, designed with the same attention to detail and sonic honesty that defined Albini’s recordings. Rugged, transparent, and purpose-built, Electrical Audio equipment brings a piece of that legendary Chicago studio ethos into your own space.
Electrical Audio DI
The Electrical Audio Direct Box is a versatile, transformer-based DI with male and female XLR connectors, making it useful for both standard DI tasks and bi-directional impedance conversion. It converts guitars, basses, pedals, keyboards, or computer audio into a low-impedance, balanced signal for long cable runs into mic preamps.
In reverse, it converts low-Z to high-Z, enabling mic signals to feed guitar amps or effects chains while still passing the original mic signal through the XLR. This allows use with phantom-powered mics and makes it ideal for re-amping recorded tracks.
Product Details
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Features:
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Two ¼” tip-sleeve ground isolated connectors wired in parallel on the hi-Z side of the transformer, typically used as the input/throughput (from guitar to amp).
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XLR connectors (male and female), wired in parallel on the low-Z side of the transformer, typically the output to a mic preamp, but can also be used as the low impedance input for “re-amping”, and mic-to-amp setups.
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20 dB “PAD” switch, which applies to the 1/4” tip-sleeve hi-Z input.
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Ground “LIFT” switch to sever any ground loops.
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Hand-wired connectors that are mechanically isolated from each other and pcb for stress and flex durability.
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Made in Chicago, IL. That’s a feature, right?