Eden WTDI World Tour Directbox

[000laius]

I decided to sell my amp but kept my cab. I recently started thinking if it would be possible to use the Eden WTDI World Tour Direct as my amp head. Is this possible? Will it sound any good?

 

[brumshine]

Yes and yes. I've done it at shows before, just using he DI, no amp. Here's a comparison video I made using my WTDI without an amp.

BRUMSHINE

 

[nick98338]

The WTDI is not an amplifier. You can't go straight from WTDI to a cabinet. You need an amplifier in between. The WTDI, by itself, does not put out enough power to drive a speaker cabinet. It can, however, be used as a pre-amplifier, and DI. I do this all the time. The XLR (DI) output of the WTDI goes to the PA system. The 1/4in output of the WTDI goes to my Ampeg PF-350 amp, then to the cabinet. Works fine. You could go directly from the WTDI into a combo amp/cab.

 

[Mykk]

You will need an external poweramp of your choice to power the cab, using the WTDI as the pre-amp.

They do sound good too.

 

[Green Lantern]

You will need an external poweramp of your choice to power the cab, using the WTDI as the pre-amp.

They do sound good too.

Agreed; I would just keep the Eden amp, they sound great with their slight warm tone

 

[Munjibunga]

Yes and yes. I've done it at shows before, just using he DI, no amp. Here's a comparison video I made using my WTDI without an amp.

BRUMSHINE

You left out a bunch of critical information here. No, the WTDI cannot be used as an amp head without a power amp or PA support. If you're going direct into the PA, it works bitchen (assuming your PA has subs) - I've done it many times when certain restrictions made it impractical to use a stage amp. It also works fine for direct recording.

 

[000laius]

So I would need to get another amp. I use my Eden all the time through PA and amp when I had it, it's a great little pedal with more tone control than I had expected.

 

[CL400Peavey]

So I would need to get another amp. I use my Eden all the time through PA and amp when I had it, it's a great little pedal with more tone control than I had expected.

Yes you need another amp, but it could be as simple as picking up a used PA power amp for cheap. I run my Aguilar Tone Hammer into a Peavey IPR 1600 and it is killer. Amp cost me all of $250 bucks, and I have more power than most would ever need.