Millenium DI-33

The Millenium DI-33 is basically a copy (or at least so it seems) of a "name" brand DI, but at only one fifth of the cost. I have not A/B tested this one with the original, so I cannot say how they compare in terms of quality. Still, the DI-33 does the job to my full satisfaction, it is clear sounding and does not add any noise or color to the signal. It is quite sturdy but small and light, even though it has all the functions I can think of ever needing in a DI. It can run on +48V phantom power or battery, depending on what the situation calls for. It has a ground lift, switchable 20dB attenuation, and a link (thru) output for using a stage amp and running through the front of house mixer at the same time. I use it as an all round backup DI, it is always in my mixer case for use when I am playing together with some musician who does not have his or her own specialized DI for the instrument in question. So far, I have been using it mostly with acoustic string instruments, such as guitars, bass guitars, cavaquinhos, the cuban tres etc., and have only had good experiences with it. Highly recommendable.

I bought it for my recording studio good while ago and already recorded a number of instruments using it. This is doing exactly what it should do without adding any colour to the sound. It's also very quiet and I haven't noticed any noise from it at all. It's built like a tank and it got all features you could expect from much more expensive DI-Box. The only criticism I can think off could be about the battery compartment which is difficult to access but it doesn't bother me at all as I use phantom power which works very well. I would recommend it to anyone that needs good active DI-Box for both live and studio applications. This is a serious, professional, quality product at very good price.

This DI box is solidly made, and has been trodden on/dropped/thrown and still keeps going (not by me - I look after my stuff!)
Keeping this in my gig bag has been a boon; I've fixed connectivity issues quickly and easily for me and for other less organised people.
There has been no deterioration in sound quality or response - I sound like I sound.
I have deducted one mark from quality because there is a minor flaw, and I am being really picky here. The cover for the battery slot isn't easy to get at or easy to put back in. This could be my sausage fingers, but it's not very ergonomically designed.
Other than that, I'm glad I bought this.

Our guitarist in church uses a BOSS ME-80 digital multi-effects unit, so I bought a highly recommended Passive DI from ART, and thankfully also bought this Active Millenium DI. He has been using it for several weeks, with no issues, his guitar sounds great. And I expect this device to last the next 50 years.

The labelling on the device is very well done.

The only issue is my guitarist, who never remembers to put on the switch, to enable the device, And this typically comes with a loud bang, I think, some kind of muting so that there are no loud bangs, would have been optima;, but I can imagine this would have increased the price of the product.

Will definitely buy again.