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(B-Stock) ART Xdirect Active Direct Box
Product no: 5000-0026-4502 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Known for producing affordable yet durable tube preamps and equalizers so that producers and musicians of all levels are able to inject unique warmth into their productions, ART also offer a tidy range of peripheral tools designed to polish up your studio and stage workflow. Used all around the world, every bit of ART kit offers excellent performance, smooth ease of use, and maximum value for your hard-earned money.

The Xdirect DI Box

The Art DUALXDirect active interface can be set up to prepare and send an instrument, line or amplified signal to a mixer via an isolation transformer. Due to a broad yet flat frequency response, the signal is passed on with neutral clarity, and no colouring. Using the input attenuator, the input strength can be adjusted, so this box can be set up to handle any signal, and to counter hum and noise, both the input and output grounding can be isolated.

Specifications

Product features

Number of channels 1
Complete Yes
Sustainable product not specified
Energy source phantom + battery
Ground lift function yes
Original packaging Damaged
PAD switch yes
Splitter no
Condition of product Traces of use (no damage/scratches)
Analogue audio input type unbalanced line in (TS jack), unbalanced line in (XLR)
Analogue audio output type balanced microphone out (XLR), thru (TS jack)
Type of DI box active

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging) 398.5 gr
Dimensions (incl. packaging) 35,0 x 18,0 x 6,0 cm

Product specifications

  • active DI box
  • XLR and 6.35 jack inputs (balanced/unbalanced)
  • 6.35mm jack link port
  • XLR balanced output
  • locking battery compartment for 9V block battery (not included)
  • two attenuators (signal strengthening options)
  • aluminium case

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ART Xdirect Active Direct Box

Wrote the following about ART Xdirect Active Direct Box
Merkwaardig apparaat, volgens opschrift op kastje zou bij XLR-in pin 1 en 3 zijn doorverbonden. Dit is beslist niet het geval.
Het circuit blijkt nl. conform het blokschema van de stereoversie te zijn (afgezien van de schakelmogelijkheden en natuurlijk mono), zie: http://artproaudio.com/files/owners_manuals/om_dualxdirect.pdf

Er vindt dus géén omzetting plaats van ongebalanceerd naar gebalanceerd maar slechts buffering.
Bij een gebalanceerde uitgang zou op pen 2 t.o.v. pen 1 het halve signaal staan, evenzo, maar dan in tegenfase, op pen 3 t.o.v. pen 1, zodat tussen 2 en 3 het volledige signaal staat.
Dat is hier alleen het geval als het signaal ook gebalanceerd wordt aangeboden, zie bovenvermeld blokschema.
Bij een òngebalanceerd ingangsignaal staat op de uitgang het volledige signaal op pen 2, terwijl er op pen 3 géén signaal staat t.o.v. pen 1 (bij ingeschakelde 'phase invert' is dit andersom). Het uitgangsignaal blijft dus ongebalanceerd, het enige is dat pen 3 en pen 1 niet direct doorverbonden zijn.

Ook is de beschrijving wat misleidend als er over "isolatie transformer" gesproken wordt, er is géén trafo aanwezig, er wordt alleen gebruik gemaakt van wat actieve componenten in een emittervolger schakeling. Zodoende is er dus ook geen galvanische scheiding tussen in- en uitgang indien 'ground lift' geactiveerd wordt.

De audiokwaliteit is verder goed, het mist alleen een belangrijke DI-functie: omzetting ongebalanceerd -> gebalalanceerd.
In feite is het slechts een gebalanceerde buffer met wat opties.

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