[BryceParticipant]

Thank you all for the discussion.
Mfk, my original point was that 2 of the 3 benefits are already redundant by the DX being ~10ft away from the instruments and it’s acceptance of both line & mic levels. For the 3rd benefit, it’s also easy enough to listen to see if a ground lift is needed. Thank you for the DI recommendations. I’ll check them out.

Showtime, there definitely is a lot out there. I’ve spent a lot hours reading about DI Boxes and a fair bit of time today trying to better understand impedance. The DX168 does accept line level, high impedance signal. Maybe a DI box would do a better job converting the impedance?

[BryceParticipant]

Thanks, Mike. Does a balanced signal have any other benefit than noise rejection? Once the signal reaches the DX, it’s converting it to digital and balanced/unbalanced is irrelevant. Or am I missing something?

You have a great point about accidental phantom power protection, though. And buying DI boxes might be worth it just for that “insurance.”

The setup is for our youth group. We typically have Bass, Drums, Keyboard Piano, Acoustic, Electric. I have a few more people interested in playing, and I’d like to possibly add click, synth/pads, Nashville acoustic, possibly SubSynth.

My thought has been, better to reduce the number of items in the signal chain (and equipment on stage), but I do think you have a very fair point about phantom power.

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