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Anybody ever use a Countryman Type 85 to record a tube amp direct?

I am curious if anyone has done this with success. I have read the manual that comes with it and it states that you can plug the speaker tap from a tube amp directly into the amp input and put the switch to "speaker" mode and it will safely record amps up to 1700w and it doesn't matter what ohm tap you use from the output transformer's secondary.

Radial DI vs Countryman

I currently have a Countryman DI, an L.R. Baggs Paracoustic, and a Whirlwind passive DI. The church has been borrowing all of them every Sunday, and I am going to get them to buy a couple of good DIs so that I can take my stuff home once in a while. I'd like to get a Radial comparable to the Countryman (to be used for bass and/or keys).