It also has a speaker setting that engages a 30 dB pad and a low-pass filter to mimic the sound of a mic'ed 12'' speaker. Like the J48, it has switches for 15 dB pad, ground lift, polarity reverse, and resistive mixing. Inside the JDI is a Jensen JT-DBE transformer that exhibits extremely-low phase distortion (4 deg at 20 Hz) and flat frequency response (within 0.1 dB from 20 Hz to 20 kHz). The JDI is the passive sibling to the J48. There are also switches for 15 dB pad, ground lift, and polarity reverse. Other innovative features include a resistive mixer circuit that you can switch in to sum two sources (useful for connecting a stereo device to a mono input) an 80 Hz low-cut filter that will give you more headroom if your instrument has unneeded low end (like an acoustic guitar might) and a phantom power LED that you can light up momentarily (but will go out automatically so you don't waste any precious power). Thus, the J48 has much higher headroom and far less distortion than typical phantom-powered devices, while still consuming very little power. Because the X-Amp was already reviewed, I'll focus on the J48 here.įirst of all, it's worth mentioning that inside the J48 is a digital power supply that converts standard, low-current 48 V phantom power into 10 V rail-voltage for the internal amplification circuitry and oversized capacitors that store energy to allow for high-current transients. It's a kit that includes a J48 Mk2 phantom-powered direct box and an X-Amp re-amper in a foam-lined, plastic case that holds both boxes along with the 15 Volt wall-wart for the X-Amp. Radial Engineering's Reamping Pack is a great way to kickstart your addiction to re-amping. And just about every recording session has involved some use of my growing collection of Radial products-whether it's something standard like recording bass through a DI or something less ordinary like taking a vocal track and creating a submix of re-amped vocals through multiple guitar amps to add healthy amounts of sugary grit to the vocal performance. A few months ago, I purchased a bunch more gear from Radial, including the JDI passive direct box and Reamping Pack that I'm reviewing here, because I'm finding myself recording more instruments direct and re-amping them later. I'm a big fan of Radial Engineering's products, and Tape Op has published reviews of a number of Radial's products: JDV Mk3 Class-A DI in Tape Op #36 JD7 Injector multi-output guitar re-amping and distribution system in #38 X-Amp active re-amping device in #45 and JPC stereo PC/AV DI also in #45.
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