REDDI Tube DI Mega-thread-II

[TonyP-]

^ Good Ad Promo shot!

Thank You Kirk

 

[SteveC]

^ I believe it is protected from phantom power

I couldn't find a definitive answer on the A-Designs web site. Any users have input on this?

 

[MingusBass]

It's somewhere in this thread but Phantom power won't hurt the REDDI.

 

[SteveC]

It's somewhere in this thread but Phantom power won't hurt the REDDI.

Thanks...I think. Just eliminated one more reason I was hesitating...

I may do something stupid...wish my Geddy Lee jazz would sell.

 

[beans-on-toast]

On the plus side, it is protected from phantom power. On the negative side, the Grand Forks mosquitoes are going to love the pilot light.

 

[Gab124]

^ No way, that thing will zap em before they get too close
The sound of them vaporizing may get annoying though.

 

[SteveC]

Well, the way the weather is this spring, we may skip mosquito season and go right back to winter.

 

[Jeff Bonny]

I just checked out Tony Levin playing active and passive basses through a bunch of different DI boxes including a REDDI and wow, it's very telling.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6kx71g7wtrckujg/lF9PfeGh5P

It was interesting to hear that there were a couple of the more colored ones that to my ears are right up there with the REDDI. Honestly though the REDDI is what I think I would have picked in a blind test. This test also documents and confirms that there is a indeed very remarkable difference between the REDDI and the JDI/Type 85 kinda boxes I'd been satisfied with for years.

Although this is a studio test it clearly justifies using a REDDI live. If someone had done a similar studio test that so definitively showed the same differences between outboard preamps there would be no question in most people's minds but that they would use live what sounded best.

 

[JimmyM]

Ya, I've heard that comparo and pretty much agree with you down the line.

 

[AMJBASS]

Thanks...I think. Just eliminated one more reason I was hesitating...

I may do something stupid...wish my Geddy Lee jazz would sell.

REDDI's seem to hold their value pretty well. If you buy used you could easily get what you paid if you decide to sell it again.

 

[TonyP-]

I just checked out Tony Levin playing active and passive basses through a bunch of different DI boxes including a REDDI and wow, it's very telling.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6kx71g7wtrckujg/lF9PfeGh5P

It was interesting to hear that there were a couple of the more colored ones that to my ears are right up there with the REDDI. Honestly though the REDDI is what I think I would have picked in a blind test. This test also documents and confirms that there is a indeed very remarkable difference between the REDDI and the JDI/Type 85 kinda boxes I'd been satisfied with for years.

Although this is a studio test it clearly justifies using a REDDI live. If someone had done a similar studio test that so definitively showed the same differences between outboard preamps there would be no question in most people's minds but that they would use live what sounded best.

Thanks Jeff...I heard this before as well, but its good to share on the thread.

The word that comes to my mind is Blossom when I hear the REDDI up against the others.

There is no question about it how much fuller sounding it up against others.

 

[SteveC]

I guess I'm deaf. I didn't hear a huge difference between the REDDI clip and the JDI clip. What am I missing?

 

[Dave W]

What are you listening to the clips through?

 

[SteveC]

Some Bose powered speakers from my Macbook.

 

[stingray56funk]

Some Bose powered speakers from my Macbook.

You aren't listening to the clips through some Genelec's? Well...that is your problem.

 

[Dave W]

I was just making sure they weren't laptop speakers or something equivalent to them.

 

[SteveC]

They aren't the best, but it's better than plain laptop "speakers" so...

 

[TonyP-]

Some Bose powered speakers from my Macbook.

Hi Steve...
Try with a decent set of headphones (not buds) but a good set of cans. Curious if you still don't.

 

[SteveC]

Hi Steve...
Try with a decent set of headphones (not buds) but a good set of cans. Curious if you still don't.

I used some "OK" cans...I could hear more of a difference, but I'm not sure if it's enough in my situation to be worth it.

 

[TonyP-]

I used some "OK" cans...I could hear more of a difference, but I'm not sure if it's enough in my situation to be worth it.

Gotcha...I heard it with a 7506 (I always have a pair laying around) and can.