Warm Audio WA-DI-A Active Direct Box

Warm Audio WA-DI-A Active Direct Box

The Warm Direct Box Active is professionally designed for use along with electric instruments such as basses and guitars or acoustic instruments that comes with preamps and 1/4" outputs. The design is created based around renowned electrical components such as the custom-wound CineMag transformer at its core. With its rugged extruded aluminum enclosure, rugged metal switches, and Pad knob it will capable of providing a warm tone over long cable runs as well as durability on the road.

On the front of the unit, placed and you'll find a 1/4" input and an Amp/Instrument toggle switch. This toggle switch is designed for selecting between line-level and instrument-level settings, so you are given with capability for using the box with either your high-impedance instruments (guitars and such) or line-level keyboards. A polarity switch and ground-lift switch are on hand, and you'll also note the 1/4" thru-put that is mirroring the input and created for letting you pass unaffected signal to destinations such as stage amplifiers. Now you are capable to feed your amp on stage and send mic-level signal to the house mixer.

On the rear, you'll see an XLR output as well as a variable pad knob, which is designed for giving you the ability of attenuating your signal between -3 and -30 dB, giving you another useful gain-stage. You are also made capable of switching the pad out entirely that comes along with the Engage toggle switch.

This is the active model which is designed for sporting lower THD and a highly linear performance in the audible frequency spectrum; this unit comes reproducing the frequencies between 20 Hz and 70 kHz accurately to within ±0.5 dB. You are also capable to either power it with two 9V batteries or over 48V phantom power from corresponding interfaces or mixers. Two buttons are intended for letting you to select the power source. It is capable to also act in passive mode.

Variable Pad
Attenuate your signal between -3 and -30 dB

Active Circuitry
Direct Box Active is best for instruments with passive pickups, especially acoustic instruments

Convenience Jack
The Direct Box Active offers a thru-put jack jumpered to the input jack; this lets you send your instrument's signal to a second place, in addition to the live mixer or recording device

Wired for Integrity and Durability
Every aspect of the Warm Direct Box Active is designed for sonic integrity, from custom-wound CineMag USA transformers, to metal switches and connectors, to gold-plated circuit traces