Radial JDX

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Back a while ago I had posted about the Radial JDX vs. the Palmer passive DI boxes. I was wanting to do away with mics for cabs on smaller venues. Many of you may have tried these, but it is new for me. The Radial JDX is an active DI box and sounds shit hot through the PA without picking up the background clutter from the stage/monitors/drums, etc. It's close enough to being mic'd that I can't really tell much of a difference. I had bought and tried the Palmer boxes. They are passive in nature and have some settings for db reduction and cab control, as opposed to the active nature of the JDX. Being an active unit, it converts the electromagnetic pulses and senses the back pulse of the speaker cone and brings out a direct injection to the PA that so close to a mic impulse that is really not audible in difference. Studio may be a different story.

Anyway, if you have a similar desire to ditch the mics or combine a mic and a DI, check out the JDX over the passive Palmer's. And, it is made by our good friends in Canada....eh!

Steve
 

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Thanks Steve!

I've (or we have w/ our other guitarist) been thinking of getting a Palmer unit to get rid of micing our cabs and the Radial looks like the perfect solution. And the price ain't that bad either. This goes to my GAS list!
 
Jofipe":1dqe354w said:
So its a loadbox aswell?
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It simulates a a reactive load, but no, it is not a load box. It still has to pass through to a speaker load or other resistive load.
 
So you like it Steve? Cool, I thought it was pretty good too when you asked & I recommended. I use mine all the time to eliminate random speaker miking by different sound men and get consistent and a little more upfront sound in our live mixes. Happy it works for you too.
 
Years ago, I used to mic my cabs as well as run a DI line to the board using a H&K Red Box. Any thoughts on how the Radial compares to the H&K?
 
RG955TT":26td38d9 said:
So you like it Steve? Cool, I thought it was pretty good too when you asked & I recommended. I use mine all the time to eliminate random speaker miking by different sound men and get consistent and a little more upfront sound in our live mixes. Happy it works for you too.
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For sure. Thanks dude..... :rock:
 
JDX is better in the low end, I have red box II (the best of the red boxes in my opinion)and a little more direct and fuller overall. RB is a touch rounder on the top but to me the JDX is more accurate and more alive sounding at least to me,
 
Is there a similar product for using with just a preamp, not an entire amplifier ?
 
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