Type 85
Countryman
Type 85
Countryman Type 85 Direct Box
This device connects any high-impedance instrument pickup, even piezo pickups, to a balanced microphone (XLR type) input. It provides a strong, clean signal to the mix board without adding noise or distortion. It won’t change the tone or volume you hear from your own amp like passive direct boxes. It won’t break just when you need it. It won’t develop a dead battery on stage because it runs on Phantom power.
Product Weight: 18.5 lbs
Dimensions: 1.75"H x 3"D x 5"W
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Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz +- 1 dB
Noise (shorted input): .63 μV RMS (-122 dBu) BW = 20 kHz
Power Requirements: 9 V battery or .4 mA @ 48 V Phantom
Input Protection: 220 V RMS and 20,000 V static discharges
Voltage Gain:
-10 dB in Pickup mode
-46 dB in Speaker mode
RF Filtering:
250 kHz Low Pass on input
30 kHz Low Pass on output
Maximum Input Level:
5 V P-P in Pickup mode
300 V P-P in Speaker mode
Equal to 2,800 Watts into 4 Ω
Distortion:
.018% THD @ 1 kHz and 1 V P-P in
.08% IMD 10 kHz/60 Hz 1 V P-P in
Input Resistance: 10 MΩ in Pickup mode (10 times the input resistance of a typical guitar amplifier.)
Input Capacitance: 160 picofarad, equal to two feet of low-capacitance guitar cable.
Noise (shorted input): .63 μV RMS (-122 dBu) BW = 20 kHz
Power Requirements: 9 V battery or .4 mA @ 48 V Phantom
Input Protection: 220 V RMS and 20,000 V static discharges
Voltage Gain:
-10 dB in Pickup mode
-46 dB in Speaker mode
RF Filtering:
250 kHz Low Pass on input
30 kHz Low Pass on output
Maximum Input Level:
5 V P-P in Pickup mode
300 V P-P in Speaker mode
Equal to 2,800 Watts into 4 Ω
Distortion:
.018% THD @ 1 kHz and 1 V P-P in
.08% IMD 10 kHz/60 Hz 1 V P-P in
Input Resistance: 10 MΩ in Pickup mode (10 times the input resistance of a typical guitar amplifier.)
Input Capacitance: 160 picofarad, equal to two feet of low-capacitance guitar cable.