active pickups

I am looking to build my dream guitar rather than spend $1200 on it. My dream guitar is the LTD James Hetfield Signature Snakebyte, but I've run into some pricing issues. The pickups on the snakebyte are EMG JH active pickups, which raise my budget higher than I anticipated. I want a good...

I am really confused about which DI Box to buy for my Schecter with EMG 707s. Do I get the Radial ProDI (passive) or the Radial Pro48 (active). I want to go Guitar to DI Box to XLR input of audio interface. I kind of understand why passive pickups are not to be used with passive DI boxes...