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Description:
Are you looking to pick up a pure guitar, bass, or electric piano signal with all its brilliance and without any tonal alterations? An active DI box offers the best solution - as long as it has the same high-quality construction as the Palmer havel. The havel's low-noise active circuitry allows a higher input impedance than a passive DI box. This means the sound of the instrument is captured without treble or bass losses. High-level input impedance is especially important in interaction with the magnetic pickups in electrical guitars, electric basses and electromechanical electric pianos (e.g. Rhodes), as well as with (passive) piezo pickups for acoustic instruments. However, the Palmer havel is also very well suited to synthesisers and other electronic keyboards, since it offers enough headroom to handle even high-level inputs without unwanted distortion.
Of course, the Palmer havel features a THRU output to pass the input signal on to the instrument amplifier. With 30 dB of pre-attenuation activated, the Palmer havel can also be looped in between the amplifier output and the loudspeaker, if you want to include the sound of the amplifier instead of the “raw” instrument signal.
The balanced, low-impedance output signal from the Palmer havel is resistant to interference, which enables long cable runs without any loss of sound quality. Thanks to the built-in transformer, the XLR output is galvanically isolated. Any hum loops that may occur can easily be remedied by pressing the ground lift switch. For a power supply, a 48V phantom power unit or a standard 9V battery can be used.
We're sure you’ve spent a long time searching for YOUR sound, and have invested a lot of time and money to get your instrument to sound the way it should. The Palmer havel transmits your sound faithfully and free of interference. This means your sound reaches the listener exactly as nature intended!
Features:
Balancing and impedance matching for guitar/bass/keyboards/synthesisers
Eliminates ground loop hum through galvanic transformer isolation
Neutral sound thanks to active input stages with high impedance
Low noise floor
THRU connection for passing the input signal to the amplifier
Handles even high-level inputs without distortion
Switchable 30 dB pad for extremely high input levels (e.g. amplifier output)
Power supply via 9V battery or 48V phantom power unit
Road-ready aluminium and steel casing
Incl. rewritable tour label for attachment on to the back of the havel
Engineered in Germany
Specifications:
General
Type: Active
Included Accessories
Included Accessories: Rubber feet, Tour label
Isolated transformer
Isolated transformer: Yes
Transformer Ratio: 1:1
Ground Lift: Yes
On/Off switch: No
Number of inputs
Number of inputs: 1
Number of outputs
Number of outputs: 1
Number of channels
Number of channels: 1
Inputs
Input signal type: Unbalanced
Input connector types: 6.3 mm Jack TS
Number of instrument inputs: 1
Max. input level: 9.5 dBu
Input impedance: 500 kΩ
Input padding: 0 dB, 30 dB
Outputs
Output signal type: Balanced
Output connector types: XLR 3-pole male
Output impedance: 100 Ω
Linked outputs per channel: 1
Max. output level*: 4.5 dBu
Signal processing
Frequency response (±1 dB, rel. 1 kHz): 20 - 20,000 Hz
Min. SNR (+4 dBu, 22 kHz BW, unity, unweighted): 105 dB
Max. THD+N (1 kHz, +4 dBu, unity, unweighted): 0.0017 %
Max. THD+N (30 Hz, +4 dBu, unity, unweighted): 0.0026 %
Max. IMD (SMPTE, 7 kHz, 4:1, +4 dBu): 0.0017 %
Max. IMD (SMPTE, 60 Hz, 4:1, +4 dBu): 0.0017 %
Mains operation
Operation voltage: 48 V phantom power
Rated power: 0.5 W
Battery operation
Battery type: 9V block (6LR61)
Number of batteries needed: 1
Built-in battery tester: No
Housing
Chassis material: Aluminum continuous casting
Coating: Powder coated
Colour: Black
Environmental
Ambient temperature: -20 - 70 °C
Maximum air humidity (non-condensing): 80 %
Dimensions & weight
Width: 50 mm
Height: 140 mm
Depth: 68 mm
Weight: 0.41 kg
Delivery & Returns
This is offered on all products regardless of order value to all mainland UK postcodes. Your purchase will be with you within 3 working days of your order being placed. If you are in the Scottish Highlands, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Isles you will still get free delivery but your order may take up to 5 working days to get to you.
Absolutely! At check out you can select the option that suits you best.
We offer Next day, Saturday, Pre-10am and Pre-12pm delivery.
Unfortunately these options are not yet available for customers in the Scottish Highliands, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Isles.
If you place your order before 2pm Monday- Friday, we will dispatch the same day.
For more information, including International delivery please click here.Our returns department aims to help you as quickly as possible with any issues you may have with your product.
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