Manley Labs tube DI units feature exceptionally clean and quiet tube circuits to warm up any electric or electro acoustic guitar, bass, violin, whatever. It also works really well with sterile sounding synths or tone generators. A unique feature of the Manley Tube DI is the added 5-position high pass shelf EQ, an excellent method of filtering unwanted resonances. As a splitter device, the transformer-coupled balanced XLR output can be sent directly to a mic level input, such as through your desk channel, while the 1/4" output drives the guitar amplifier cabinet which can be miked and mixed with the direct feed. Low impedance outputs, Ground lift and Console Out Boost switches make these units both versatile and compatible. Keep a Manley DI close at hand so those noisy high impedance guitar outputs are transformed into nice quiet lo-Z territory as soon as possible.