A solid box for the money

I needed a way to output 4 signals from a Roland TD12 to our soundboard...I used two of these and have zero issues! No crosstalk at all. Great value for very little money compared to other DI boxes! I would definitely recommend these to everyone

Double duty.

I now have 3 of these boxes because they're just so versatile when I'm doing live sound. Since I run my largest sound system in stereo, I like to pan instruments like digital drums and keyboards. This box eliminates the need for using 2 single-channel DI boxes. Because it takes up less space on stage, I also use it for 2 mono signals, such as two guitars. I tried other boxes before settling on Samson but experienced too many failures. This box has the reliability and features I require, and at a great price too.

Great DI

This thing is cheap, bullet proof and most importantly, it sounds really, really good. I generally spend a lot more on gear, but this little DI sounds great.

Even if you don't need one for acoustic guitar, try it. Because of the impedance of many mixers, I have experienced a HUGE sound quality improvement simply running this in the signal chain.

It's powered by the phantom power bus or a battery.

This Thing is awesome

we use this for worship and it does exactly what we want it to this this totally rocks my socks off

Works for me

I bought this for my home studio to boost signals from onboard electronics in acoustic guitars. It is built well and does just what it is designed to do. I'd buy it again if I needed another one.

Budget Item That Works

Forty bucks for an active DI of this quality is a bargain. I initially needed one to connect my drum machine into my digital mixer, and it works perfectly for this. It works well for numerous other purposes around the home studio and for live sound reinforcement, too. I'll have to pick up a couple more of these, as Samson got this one right.

Metal enclosure with some weight to it, solid connectors and switches, ground lift. This is not a cheesy, plastic product.

My one complaint is the lack of a DC input jack. 48V isn't always available on line level mixer inputs, and batteries aren't always practical.

Great sound quality, but lacking in headroom

I picked up a pair of these when I was running sound for a night of DJs. The sound quality is great, and you won't get noise from these. They don't seem to color the sound. I only had one problem all night where one DJ thought it'd be cool to crank his DJ mixer up way to hot. I got a ton of distortion from the DI box... it just couldn't handle it. Not that it should have to though! This is a fine and very affordable box.

On another note, there is only one pad level for guitar. You cannot select any others. If you plan on using this for guitars, you are probably fine for 90% of the guitars you plug in, but I'd imagine you'll run into trouble with a couple out there.

S-direct plus

I expected better from an active filter. My guitarist is still noisy. This does not have a switch when your cable is not plugged-in so if there is a battery inside, it will be drained completely if you don't switch battery/phantom switch.