wrote:
Scott Dorsey wrote:

DI transformers are high-ratio. This means they tend to have poorer
high end and are more expensive for the same performance than a 1:1
transformer.

Thanks... that's probaby something I will learn in the Sound
Reinforcement Handbook, no?

Maybe not. Hardly anyone uses actual transformers any more, so knowing
about transformers isn't as common and expected as it used to be.

It's really not the right tool for the job. Try the Ebtech Hum
Eliminator on the cheap end, or the Jensen isolation boxes on the
expensive end.

The hum eliminator seems like a good thing to have around generally,
even if I don't use it for this.

I always carry a couple 1:1 transformer boxes around because you never
know when you'll need to deal with an unbalanced source going into a
long balanced run, or to break a ground loop.
--scott
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