Hi, I just bought a Behringer Ultra-DI Pro DI800 and it seems to work
really well (much better frequency response than the passive DI's we
were using). As well as the low impedance XLR output, it has 2 quarter
inch outputs, one is called the "link" connector which is an
unbalanced parallel output, the other is called the "unbalanced out"
connector which seems to be just the unbalanced input signal. The
manual says to use the "link" connector when connecting to (say) a
monitor amp, but under what circumstances would you want to use the
unbalanced out connector? Why is it there, and when should you use
which output?

Thanks


Andrew

The DI800 is a swiss army knife intended for those doing live sound
work.

I frequent a place that has two of them on stage to receive all sort of
mic and line signals, get them up to a nice line level, lift any
grounds needing lifting (building had okay safety grounds but lousy
grounds for quiet audio) and send the signal into a patch panel. From
there, the signal went to the stage mixer, foh mixer (along a
treacherous bank of flourescents and dimmer circuits), and to a nearby
recording desk (2 Echo Laylas). Many of the performances had only 5-10
minutes to setup and play. Of course getting a good signal to the FOH
mixer took priority and the signal to the recorder was secondary. Gain
structure was never ideal but it worked. At the recording desk, I'd
often have trouble with signalsrarely where I wanted them and often
either pegging into the red or barely detectable. While the recording
desk originally was fed from the patch panel, I found tapping off
either the link (level same as what the instrument/mic preamp provides)
or the unbalanced out (boosted and/or padded), gave me for flexibility
and was able to make gross level adjustments to better feed the
Laylas. Wasn't perfect but got alot of useable material that way.

HTH,
Andy

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Hi, I just bought a Behringer Ultra-DI Pro DI800

As well as the low impedance XLR output, it has 2 quarter
inch outputs, one is called the "link" connector which is an
unbalanced parallel output, the other is called the "unbalanced out"

under what circumstances would you want to use the
unbalanced out connector?

When you want to connect it to an unbalanced input, for instance on a
mixer that has 1/4" mic jacks. There may even be enough level coming
out of there to go into a line input. If you have something that you
MIGHT use it for, give it a try. If you don't, then don't worry about
it. You couldn't have bought it any cheaper without that jack. g

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