Originally posted by miketholen:
although it is a tube unit you wouldn't know it by listening to it. It doesn't have the "girth" you'd expect from a tube unit. It will pass signal however. It will do the job no doubt.
Yeah, and Mike will be along any minute to tell you something he owns is soooooo much better.
but you'd be better off going with something like the DW Fearn DI or if you have a kick ass tech you can have him/her modify a Telefunken V74 (can be had for 200 USD via ebay) into a Di. That's what I did and I must say that as far as a tube DI goes there is nothing better.
Hmmm, would have never expected that answer from you Mike.
Anyway, the Manley Tube DI is a great piece of gear. BTW Mr. Mike (I own all the coolest stuff), the transformers in tube gear have more to do with that "tube sound" than the tubes do. Tube circuits can be clean as a whistle (Millennia STT1)or as coloured as the grass on your lawn (RCA BA6A) depending on what the designers intent was.
The DI in the PCP Distro box has been winning the DI shootout on bass gtr recently. It's girthy with lots of depth. The Manley has a nice sound as well, the differences are really very tiny from one unit to the next. Give one a try, I'm sure Fletcher can fix you up.