"Robert Morein" wrote in message
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"Mike Rivers" wrote in message
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Robert Morein wrote:

Would appreciate a recommendation for a quiet, active, battery powered
direct box, if such a thing exists.

The Countryman 85 is pretty much the standard for a high quality direct
box without getting into the esoteric tube stuff. It runs off a 9V
battery or 48V phantom power. List price is about $200, however I've
seen it new on-line for as low as around $150. Good things don't come
cheap, and cheap things don't come good.

http://www.countryman.com/html_data_sheets/t85data.html

Thanks, I'll go with that.

A better choice for similar money: http://www.radialeng.com/di-j48.htm

A better choice for more money: http://www.radialeng.com/di-jdv.htm