Agreed.
The SVT-DI is a very cool DI box. I like the fact you can also enable the tube in the THRU as well. Works well to give a little tube life to a small hybrid amp input, but no output level adjustments.
The REDDI is still my favorite though.
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Agreed.
The SVT-DI is a very cool DI box. I like the fact you can also enable the tube in the THRU as well. Works well to give a little tube life to a small hybrid amp input, but no output level adjustments.
The REDDI is still my favorite though.
bongomania
Commercial User
You could look at it that way, but you might be missing the point.
The REDDI is a DI box. That is all it was ever meant to be. You use it wherever a DI box is useful. It also sounds a lot like a clean tube amp. Not a cranked SVT dirt, no grind, just warm smooth "improved" fat cleanness.
The VT is an effect that is intended to emulate an SVT amp, and most of its settings are in the dirty range, from a little driven to a lot. It can be run clean, but that's not its main strength. The deluxe model also includes a DI.
If you like clean tube amp tones, and you need a DI (going to a mixer, either PA or recording), then the REDDI is a better choice than the VT.
If you want more exaggerated (really noticeable) tubey drive, fur, raunchiness, the VT will deliver and the REDDI will not.
If you do not need a DI, and all you want is an effect to go between your bass and amp, the VT will deliver and the REDDI will not.
If you want any EQ control, the VT will deliver, and the REDDI will not.
But again, there is a specific limited set of cases where the REDDI will deliver better than the VT.
bongomania
Commercial User
Something that may need to be clarified: the function of a DI box is to convert your unbalanced bass signal into a balanced signal. The reason for that is that long unbalanced cables (like 50' from stage to PA mixer) can pick up a lot of noise, while balanced cables reject noise.
Every other quality or feature of one DI unit or another is "extra", and should not be assumed to have anything to do with other DI boxes.
Some DI's have EQ, or amp simulation, or very low output impedance, or gain, or the ability to shape the tone going to your amp, or all kinds of other attributes; but they are all different in those regards.
Every other quality or feature of one DI unit or another is "extra", and should not be assumed to have anything to do with other DI boxes.
Some DI's have EQ, or amp simulation, or very low output impedance, or gain, or the ability to shape the tone going to your amp, or all kinds of other attributes; but they are all different in those regards.
If tubey sound is what you're after, allow me to do a small recommendation:
Use a tube pre amp/comp as the first part in your effect chain straight from your bass (i'm using ehx black finger) then an ovedrive tube simulator stomp box (i'm using sansamp). you'll get both, that creamy tube like smothness and spectrum enhancing with the black finger and/or the growly-dirty-raunchy overdriven sound with sansamp. This is what I use and i can go from creamy motown sound to crhis squiresque overdrive or even fuss.
This is just about the sound not to the main functions of any DI.
Hope it's helpful, cheers
Use a tube pre amp/comp as the first part in your effect chain straight from your bass (i'm using ehx black finger) then an ovedrive tube simulator stomp box (i'm using sansamp). you'll get both, that creamy tube like smothness and spectrum enhancing with the black finger and/or the growly-dirty-raunchy overdriven sound with sansamp. This is what I use and i can go from creamy motown sound to crhis squiresque overdrive or even fuss.
This is just about the sound not to the main functions of any DI.
Hope it's helpful, cheers
So you put your VT first? As in, as stated, you plug your bass into it then the rest of your effects follow, then to amp right? I think I'll try this.....
I use my VT as a preamp last in my chain (after compression, boost, and B3k) and I set my amp as flat as possible so the VT can shine. But anywhere would work.
I recently acquired the B7K and the VT came off my board do to real estate. But I'm building a bigger board and I'll have the VT back on soon enough and it intrigued me to think to put the VT first.
Had 2 already. V1 and V2. Both very good, but I am mostly doing home recording at this time. Tube DI boxes are my favorite right now for direct recording. Bass>REDDI>MBox>email machine.
The SVT DI does get a little extra time since I put a vintage Mullard 12AT7 in it. A little brighter with slightly more gain than from any 12AU7 I've tried in it.
I haven't tried a REDDI, but +1 to the SVT DI. I picked mine up here on TB for a fairly reasonable price. Sounds great IMHO!
I had one once and I stupidly returned it and when I wanted to get another one, they were discontinued. Back then they were $300 brand new. I don't know anything about this Khan guy and I'm skeptical about giving him $600 since I don't know anyone on here who has bought anything from him.
