Klark Teknik DI 22P

I bought one of these to live with a Pro2c front of house package, Just to always have a simple way of getting background music into the desk without nicking a DN200 off of stage, and for this it works flawlessly!

I will be mainly comparing it to the DN200 as those are the only other stereo di i own, so at one third of the price, the DI22P Starts off stronger.
It was only after purchasing that i realised the 22P is passive instead of active, meaning that you don't need phantom power for it to work, this is not a feature i need now but could well see me out of a pinch one day! The only downside to this is not having those reasuring pair of blue lights to let you know that its deffo the musicians fault we can't hear him.

For inputs the 22p has a pair of rca in, a pair of quarter inch mono ins, and an eighth inch stereo in.
Personally i've only tested the quarter inch ins, but i can see the other two inputs being useful to get out of a pinch.
Compare that to the DN200 which has a pair of rca's, and a pair of xlr/jack combi inputs. So the DN200 allows you to plug full sized xlr's in which is nice, but you lose the 1/8th" input, which once again might sort you out when you forget all your adapter cables, but there's an aux in the van you can nick.

For outputs you only get a pair of XLR balanced outputs on the 22P, lacking any Link/Thru jacks. Again this isnt an issue for most use cases, but id always rather have them and not need them than the other way around.

One of the big downfalls of the 22P in my opinion is the lack of 'Split' button, it's also missing the 'sum' feature of the DN200 but i'm not sure i've ever actually used that button so that is less of an L imo

The 22P Features a -15 pad, but the dB reduction is not listed on the box itself, a minor inconvenience, it just reads 'Pad' on the box.
In comparison the DN200 clearly reads '-20 dB PAD' With a helpful red light to alert you of this fact.

It also comes fully equipped with not one, but TWO Earth Lift switches! Mental right?
Haven't the foggiest what the second one is for, and i dare not switch both of them at the same time for fear of breaking the matrix, but at least now you can earth lift from either side of this tiny DI box.

All in all a great box for the price, but i wouldn't populate a whole stage with them. Build quality is good, but leaves a lot to be desired when compared to its bigger brother, the DN200

Très bien pour supprimer le bruit de fond liés aux appareils électriques branchés sur une même prise.
Il y a toujours du bruit bien sûr mais au moins j'ai plus l'impression d'être dans la soute d'un vaisseau spatial.

J'aurais aimé plus de possibilités de routage (line en sortie) mais j'aurais du faire plus attention à l'achat.

Un truc qui m'a pas mal surpris c'est que le transformeur (?) intégré qui limite le signal est vraiment pas mal du tout. Je ne l'utiliserai probablement pas en temps qu'effet, mais pour "clipper" quelques dbs sur des synthés c'est amusant, il y a un petit style ms20, c'est sale et ça gronde ! :-)

Pour le prix c'est pas mal, après personnellement je regrette de ne pas être parti sur quelque chose de plus gros. Peut-être même une console avec des fonctionnalités DI embarquées.
En tout cas c'est toujours sympa d'avoir cette DI sous la main pour éliminer les bruits parasites.

I use it only for ground lift with pad off. Nice little sturdy box with solid rockers and well constructed.

Update: i know its a di and supposed to do that, but It reduces line input signal to a point that is not acceptable for dj use. That said with pad OFF, i was really hoping on using the earth lift switch for unbalanced inputs on certain equipment that cause ground loop humm, but the mixers headroom reduction is so much to the point i need to send this little gem back to thomman. Too bad as it looks like an well made little box and sounded nice also, it just aint loud enough for dj use.