faeflora's response was a bit mental wasn't it??
anyway fyi i take my minimoog through a BSS 116 into my preamp of choice. i have a very short (20cm) unbalanced cable going to the box & then a much longer balanced run going to my patchbay.
i use the DI principally to balance the signal before the long cable run but it also nicely matches the signal level for the preamp.
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neil.