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Behringer GI100 Ultra G Active DI Box for Guitar

Active DI Box for Guitar with Speaker Simulation.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           9 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           9 out of 10
Value:
           10 out of 10
I Want It:
           9 out of 10
Sound:
           9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           9 out of 10
Support:
           9 out of 10
 
 

"Lots Of Bang For The Buck, But The 4X12 Sim Is A Bit Noisy"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 2/1/2004
Style of Music: Rock
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, USA

 

 
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Feature:
This DI does everything a DI should do, and slightly more. I just wish that the cabinet simulation didn't introduce any noise into the signal.

Quality:
I had one of these suffer a death where the input jacks seemed to somehow develop a short. I opened the DI to see if there was anything I could do, but the jacks are sealed (and soldered to a PCB.) What opening the box revealed, though, was that you would probably have to subject the box to a rather nasty impact to actually damage the electronics.

Value:
Behringer has a reputation for lots of features for a low price, and this DI is a perfect example of that.

Desirability:
This is a great addition to a live sound engineer's arsenal, although it doesn't inspire the same "it's nuke-proof" response as more heavily built DI boxes might.

Sound:
These DI's are quite nice, only seeming to have one sonic weakness, and that is the cabinet simulation causing a fair amount of hiss. The cabinet simulation won't satisfy everyone, but as a live sound engineer, I like its overall tone more than simply having an amp (usually with the high frequencies at painful levels) blasting away in the room.

Support:
I've only spoken to Behringer once, and they seemed quite helpful.

Overall:
I am buying at least one more of these to make up for the one that had a problem. The 4X12 simulation puts these DI's at the head of the pack for me.

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"Ultra-G is the only DI for me!!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 11/14/2005

 

 
Feature:
Very basic design and easy to use. The battery compartment is way to small though.. better to use this via phantom power.

Quality:
Built like a tank and I've road tested mine now for over a year.. I've just ordered my second one!

Value:
Behringer has always been priced right!

Desirability:
I really don't want to go back to micing up my cab live anymore. This box solved allot of live sound problems and I've got the rest of my boys using one as well. On my last CD I even recorded all of my solo's using just the Ultra-G (my head - Ultra G - ProTools) and it worked great (box handles 500W!!).. I can't live without it now!

Sound:
The sound is great. No buzz, No hum and the cab simulator is fantastic! Most DI boxes I've tried on guitar heads have a High-Freq. artifact to the output, not this one. I'm not sure why others complain about noise with the cab simulator because I have not experienced this. Very quiet and no High-Freq artifact!

Support:
Never had to contact support.

Overall:
Overall this product is killer.. I'm still curious as to why others complain about noise with this but so far live and in the studio I have not seen this problem (I always run balanced lines so maybe they're converting over to unbalanced or something??) Anyway, I'm very impressed with the Ultra-G and for it's price you can't beat it! - MX www.phist-productions.com

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"Top sound men don't lie..."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 8/3/2009
Style of Music: Rock, blues, funk and soul
Musical Experience: Active performer
Location: Mount Vernon, OH

 

 
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Sound:
I purchased my Ultra-G direct box out of intrigue, and I'm glad I did. I am an experienced player, performing at some of the top night clubs in Columbus, OH with built in sound and experienced sound engineers. Every one of them has complimented the sound of the Ultra-G box, and at least two of them have decided to buy some of them based on hearing how good mine sounds. It's better than a mic in a live setting when used through a conventional line out, hands down. If you think otherwise, you must be using it incorrectly.

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"Great DI Box. I now have 2!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Style of Music: Christian Rock / Worship
Location: Eastanollee, GA - USA

 

 
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Feature:
The cab simulation is very nice. I suppose it could be better, but not for this price!!

Quality:
Good quality. Built very well. And, personally, I like the way it looks.

Value:
This gets a definite 10! Great product, at a great price!

Desirability:
Very useful, a must have for the down-to-earth musician.

Sound:
Very clear sound. Put my guitar "up-front." Watch out for your levels. I was surprised at how much this little thing puts out!

Support:
Haven't had any problems, but Behringer has never given me any problems with support before.

Overall:
Like I said, great product.

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"Sounds ok, but beats micing your amp"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          8 out of 10
User: a customer from lauerman.net
Submitted: 12/20/2006
Style of Music: Rock, R & B Dance
Musical Experience: Perfomer, Live recording engineer
Location: Frisco, TX, USA

 

 
Feature:
The cab sim sounds pretty nice and with the twin reverb blasting I use both 20db pads to get it down to a reasonable level for the pa. It seems really rugged too which is nice.

Quality:
Very good, I didn't expect it to be this rugged. Although, I wish it were passive, I hate using phantom power (and no way will I trust a battery at a live show).

Value:
Never dealt w/them

Desirability:
Well its a DI, certainly not a sexy piece of gear.

Sound:
It sounds ok, I usually use the cab sim, its a little noisy but for my application this is a non-issue. So I take the second speaker out of my twin reverb and go to the pa board as well as my recording setup (through an xlr splitter). I like that there's no bleed from other instruments as opposed to using a mic. On the recordings if I add some muktiband compression and reverb it comes out sounding pretty realistic. On the other hand, I'm not satisfied yet (who is?), so I'm still trying other boxes.

Ease of Use:
I would like to see a couple different speaker sims ala the palmer passive DI to shape your sound a few different ways.

Overall:
Aleays searching for something better, haven't found anything yet. I prefer this guy to micing the amp though.

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Behringer GI100 Ultra G Customer Review

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          8 out of 10
Submitted: 11/21/2003
Style of Music: Rock, Metal, New Age, Fusion.
Location: Singapore

 

 
Feature:
Active single channel DI with "4x12" cabinet emulator. If only it came in dual channel version, for running stereo, and more options on the speaker emulation.

Quality:
Decent build quality. But as I noticed with some Behringer products, the battery compartment is a no brainer. It is way too small, making it difficult to insert and remove the battery. And they should have a more accessible cover as well. A screw over a metal plate isn't exactly the best idea.

Value:
Excellant for the money!

Desirability:
I went from DI to DI lookin for the right sound, this nails it right on. I want the freedom to use my own preamp & efx processors and have a DI box that has a speaker emulator. Sansamps sound terrible for that, only decent running standalone.

Sound:
Very realistic emulation of a mic-ed cabinet. A world of difference between simply running a DI and running the emulator. I very much prefer the sound of using the Behringer after my preamp over simply using a Tech21 Sansamp.

Support:
Never dealt with em, but their website is pretty informative.

Overall:
Great product, will definately buy another in a heartbeat if this one gets lost.

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Behringer GI100 Ultra G Customer Review

Overall:
          5 out of 10
Features:
          4 out of 10
Quality:
          6 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          2 out of 10
Sound:
          5 out of 10
Support:
          6 out of 10
Submitted: 5/9/2003

 

 
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Overall:
Cabinet emulation, which is why I bought this though I have Ultra DI100 from Behringer (which by the way works great!) makes a lot of noise. Cabinet feature is USELESS. DI is great just as its cousin DI100. But forget the cabinet emulation.

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