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Originally Posted by in a blue field  i should have been more specific - it doesnt change the impedance ENOUGH. the reason is for exactly what you said - having to compensate. and whoever said 50dB is right on, thats no exaggeration. to me that's a total fool's move, to leave it to chance that you might forget one time to do that, same way as everyone forgets to power down/up everything in the right order once in a while and then you get the grounding through your speakers. if the result of speaker grounding was 50dB of noise, we'd all never make that mistake. you're talking about a level that can destroy your gear, your ears, and your relations with the neighbors. better to just get the right box, as you said. |
Actually, the transformer will saturate before any insane levels get to your amp. Theoretically, a strong enough signal could damage the transformer winding, but I wouldn't expect your average balanced output to have enough current capability to hurt it. Most likely it would just be horribly distorted and sound like crap.
But you're right, best to not make that mistake. I did the backwards DI thing a few times and developed a system where I set the track fader for the reamp track so it was bright pink, and saved the track with the fader at -50 to my template, so that way I never have to worry.