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The best single pedal sized DI

I am running out of room on my pedal board, and the Messenger DI is taking up a lot of space. I have an RFE before it (and a Super Stack before that), so I am not using the EQ and filters on the Messenger. I am pretty new to pedal world, and I think I’d like a single pedal sized DI to put at the end of the board/chain. I came across the Walrus one which looks interesting. Curious if anyone had suggestions?

This is for live use and not studio recording
 
I am running out of room on my pedal board, and the Messenger DI is taking up a lot of space. I have an RFE before it (and a Super Stack before that), so I am not using the EQ and filters on the Messenger. I am pretty new to pedal world, and I think I’d like a single pedal sized DI to put at the end of the board/chain. I came across the Walrus one which looks interesting. Curious if anyone had suggestions?

This is for live use and not studio recording

Would you have room to mount it below your pedalboard possibly? That could give you more options...
 
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I agree with the Sushi Box Finally, or maybe his limited run Neptunium while they last.

If you want something small then go for Pedalnetics Dlm Stick passive DI, it's very small for a transformer DI.
 
We live in such a great time where there's plenty of great options. I'd recommend the PInstripe LWDI which is a single pedal sized and equipped with a Jensen transformer; the Walrus Canvas is also great, and if you want something in the tube department Finally or Neptunium (I actually like the Neptunium quite a bit) are great options!
 
I agree with the Sushi Box Finally, or maybe his limited run Neptunium while they last.

If you want something small then go for Pedalnetics Dlm Stick passive DI, it's very small for a transformer DI.
Maybe I’m dim, but I don’t understand the in/thru jacks. Shouldn’t one be an output in addition to the xlr?
 
Maybe I’m dim, but I don’t understand the in/thru jacks. Shouldn’t one be an output in addition to the xlr?
I think it just means that either of the two can be an input or output. Thru would act as an "output" to the next thing whether it be an amp or if you had some sort of clean DI and pedals etc... overall if you plug into either it'll send signal through the XLR out.
 
Maybe I’m dim, but I don’t understand the in/thru jacks. Shouldn’t one be an output in addition to the xlr?
The 2 x 1/4" jacks are wired together so you can plug your instrument in one and a lead to your amp into the other one.
It makes no difference which is in and out, this is normal on passive DI's but many people name them in-out or in-thru or similar.
In active pedals you will have an in and an out sometimes since the out might be buffered.

I forgot to mention that the Sushi Box Neptunium is basically the XLR circuit of the Noble pedal, it just haven't got the extra components that are just for the 1/4" out on the Noble. (But it still has a 1/4" out as well)
All the Sushi Box pedals have tubes running at high voltage inside them.
 
I’ve been running an MXR m80 and have been very happy with it. Three band eq and a separate stomp section that can add grit if you want it. Really clean and you can bypass everything and just feed your clean signal through it, if you’re happy with what you’ve got (I do this and only use the EQ to clean up the sound as a final step when playing different rooms, if necessity demands it).
 
The pinstripe is intriguing. I have an all Broughton board at the moment (Omnicomp, Scorpion, Super Stack, and RFE), and think I have the tone shaping and filtering covered. Would like to fit my Carina on there even though it would see very little use. I just love it though
 
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Passive DI like acme Motown DI or Radial JDI. Let your amp sculpt your tone not a pedal.
Also a sound approach. The Radial is one of the go-tos for a clean signal.

Active DIs and preamps have been proliferating on boards lately because players want control over the signal they send to the PA and also more and more bands are going ampless or recording at home straight into their interface.
 
@denton57, since pedalboard real estate is a concern and you don't need EQ, I encourage you to follow gregmon79's advice and mount a DI beneath your board. Raise the feet on your Nano+ or sell it and get a Mono Lite+ (same dimensions, but with superior engineering and materials so you have more space beneath). This will allow you to fit your Broughton Carina as well as another 125B pedal.

Give your context, I'd avoid the Sushi Box stuff and Messenger Jr because they all have knobs which limits how you can position the DI. Instead, I recommend either the Broughton Proto DI or Pinstripe LWDI (or Pinstripe Clean DI if you need an active circuit), both of which have already been mentioned in this thread. These have no knobs so they easily mount beneath a board. Or you could mount them under a different pedal on top of your board if you case has the height clearance.

The Walrus Canvas DI/Line Isolator you mention will also work, but I think the transformers in the Proto DI (Carnhill) and Pinstripe LWDI (Jensen) are higher quality than the in-house transformer in the Canvas. I could be wrong about that, though. I'm guessing from the price (how else can they keep it in the same ballpark while adding additional features?) and because they aren't publishing its specifications so one cannot compare it to offerings by Jensen, Lundahl, Carnhill, etc.

If you want to go all out, you could mount a Khan VTDI beneath a Mono Lite+. I know there's enough room for a Khan VTDI, Cioks DC7, and HPF because this is what I do:
LWBo3vy.jpeg
 
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@denton57, since pedalboard real estate is a concern and you don't need EQ, I encourage you to follow gregmon79's advice and mount a DI beneath your board. Raise the feet on your Nano+ or sell it and get a Mono Lite+ (same dimensions, but with superior engineering and materials so you have more space beneath). This will allow you to fit your Broughton Carina as well as another 125B pedal.

Give your context, I'd avoid the Sushi Box stuff and Messenger Jr because they all have knobs which limits how you can position the DI. Instead, I recommend either the Broughton Proto DI or Pinstripe LWDI (or Pinstripe Clean DI if you need an active circuit), both of which have already been mentioned in this thread. These have no knobs so they easily mount beneath a board. Or you could mount them under a different pedal on top of your board if you case has the height clearance.

The Walrus Canvas DI/Line Isolator you mention will also work, but I think the transformers in the Proto DI (Carnhill) and Pinstripe LWDI (Jensen) are higher quality than the in-house transformer in the Canvas. I could be wrong about that, though. I'm guessing from the price (how else can they keep it in the same ballpark while adding additional features?) and because they aren't publishing its specifications so one cannot compare it to offerings by Jensen, Lundahl, Carnhill, etc.

If you want to go all out, you could mount a Khan VTDI beneath a Mono Lite+. I know there's enough room for a Khan VTDI, Cioks DC7, and HPF because this is what I do:
LWBo3vy.jpeg

It looks like the feet you have are a lot taller than the ones on the Mono website.