Best cheap DI?

[Eschatologist]

Hey guys, I need a cheap DI for the school I currently teach at so they can run simple stuff like a CD player in to the wall mounted XLR ins. I know lots of great ones, but what are the best budget ones? (ie around $50)

 

[Metaltastic]

The ART AVDirect looks perfect to me cuz of all its i/o options!

 

[egan.]

For that purpose this guy works well. Obviously the radial is better but for CD's into install systems you are fine.

edit: Metaltastic beat me to it.

 

[Eschatologist]

That looks perfect guys, thanks! Yeah my school up till now has been putting a mic in front of the speakers of a shitty little cd player/laptop speakers for assemblies and presentations and such :faceplam: This will be a huge sonic improvement.

 

[ahjteam]

how about just getting a small mixer? The Mackie Tapco Mix60 has costs like $60 or so and it has:
- 2 XLR ins for microphones
- stereo RCA in for cd-players etc
- 2 balanced stereo jack inputs

http://www.tapcoworld.com/scripts/showimage.html?u=/products/mixseries/photos/MIX60-TOP.jpg

 

[Eschatologist]

how about just getting a small mixer? The Mackie Tapco Mix60 has 2 XLR ins, stereo RCA in and 3 stereo balanced jack inputs and it costs like $60 or so.

http://www.tapcoworld.com/scripts/showimage.html?u=/products/mixseries/photos/MIX60-TOP.jpg

A logical conclusion, but I won't be at this school forever and they are NOT audio/technophiles haha...therefore simplicity is essential, something plug n play. That ART DI looks ideal, I think it will cover all the bases.