Black Lion Audio Auteur DT – Versatile Single Channel Preamp/DI Box

More than just a preamp…

Electric whatever: guitar, bass, baritone, or viola — the Auteur DT doesn’t care what you play: it cares how you sound. Auteur DT makes anything you plug into it sound weighty, detailed, harmonically rich, and above all — clean. There’s simply not a better single-channel direct box in its price class… and certainly not one that doesn’t look like it was component-sourced via a dumpster dive behind an antique radio museum. Auteur DT will dutifully respect every ingredient of your tonal recipe — your technique, string gauge, fingerboard choice, and especially those pickups you paid too much for.

Sublime quality — inside and out.

With a tough-as-nails brushed black aluminum chassis bookended by organic, vintage-style varnished maple side panels, the Auteur DT is sturdily built for comfort, usability, and lasting performance — while also looking like it should cost about twice what it does. Of course, it’s what’s on the inside that counts — and Auteur DT features a robust USA-made transformer and cherry-picked Nichicon and Vishay capacitors, ensuring premium sound quality, long life, and low noise.

Features

• Vintage-vibe desktop preamp that’s perfect for capturing all of your performance details
• Modern IC-based front-end for fast and transparent sound
• Vintage-inspired transformer-coupled output-stage with USA made transformer for massive, colorful sound
• XLR mic and 1/4” Hi-Z (Instrument) inputs; 1/4 TRS Out
• Positive locking led indicator buttons: phantom power, phase inversion, pad, and Hi-Z toggle
• 60dB of gain
• Backlit classic style VU meter
• Balanced TRS line output
• Brushed black aluminum chassis, framed with vintage-style translucent maple side panels

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