What makes the J48™ better than the rest?
A good direct box needs to address several facets to be functional: The sound, the feature-set and construction are all essential parts that make up the whole. Let’s start with the construction. The Radial J48™ is in fact two boxes in one. The inner skeleton features a 14-guage welded construction in which the PC board, circuit, transformer and switches are housed. Pick up the J48™ and you know you are dealing with quality. The rigid design ensures that there will not be any stress on the PC board and the solder joints will remain intact even after years of use. The outer book-end design provides easy access to the connectors while creating a natural protective zone for the switches. In the real world of concert touring, DI boxes are stepped on and abused. Radial direct boxes must be able to stand up to the abuse. No other DI box offers as many features. This makes the J48™ practical in pretty much any application. Finally, the sound of the J48™ is ‘not’. Check out the specification an