HLabs Audio
HLabs Audio DI02TBV
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HLabs Audio DI02TBV is the Class-A DI02 direct box in its touring configuration — supplied with the Touring Bag and the locking V-Lock power cable. At the heart of the circuit sits a Carnhill VT24499 output transformer, the same part used in Neve 51-series consoles.
An instrument the DI does not load down
Passive guitar and bass pickups react to the input impedance of whatever they meet: too low and the top end goes, along with the dynamics, before any gain is applied. The DI02 input sits above 4 MΩ and — the part that matters in practice — that figure does not change when the pad is engaged. The instrument sounds the same at every pad setting, so a level change is not also a tone change.
A feed to the amp with nothing lost at the split
On most direct boxes the LINK output is a plain parallel tap that adds cable capacitance and pulls down the signal going to the stage amp. Here the LINK output has its own buffer, so the cabinet gets a full signal regardless of how long the run to the desk is. Earth lift on the XLR output removes ground loops between stage and FOH, and a button that kills the front-panel backlighting earns its place in a dark studio and on a dark stage.
KEY FEATURES
- Class A push-pull output stage
- Carnhill VT24499 output transformer
- Input impedance above 4 MΩ, independent of the pad position
- Buffered LINK output
- Earth lift on the XLR output
- Button to switch off the front-panel backlighting
- Worldwide compatible 100–240 V power supply
- Supplied with the Touring Bag and V-Lock power cable
- Designed and assembled in France
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Type: active Class-A direct box
- Input impedance: above 4 MΩ
- Maximum input level: +9 dBu without pad, +18 dBu with pad
- Maximum output level: +22 dBu without pad, +19 dBu with pad
- Output transformer: Carnhill VT24499
- Frequency response (1 kΩ load): ±1.0 dB from 5.4 Hz to 25+ kHz; ±0.2 dB from 20 Hz to 20 kHz
- Signal-to-noise ratio: above 102 dB (0.2% max THD)
- Mains: 100–240 V, 50–60 Hz
- Dimensions: 220 × 160 × 47 mm, weight 1.85 kg
