dbx 286s Microphone Pre-amp Processor

The only minus point of this rack is that it doesn’t have a power switch

Love this product. Best analog sounding and still worth using in a digital world.

perfect for your home studio.

Too much noise heard while connecting to microphone and also other meters not working..replace item option not provided so if you get defective product like this..got a trouble experience for refunding it..

Increaes the raiting due to exelent service and support: I should have checked the internet. Search "DBX 286S noise/hiss problem" . DBX 286s will start creating notice and drop again after a few minutes. Don't buy I am not the only one, check internet Sent it to the Service Center ( India, Noida, Sector 27) and they changed the card and returned it without any charges. Now working perfectly.

There is a loud noise in device…

Product is good. But the actual delivery date was 17 June 2024, the product delivered on 20 June 2024. This behavior from Amazon delivery people effected my daily life.

I got this to boost the gain on ShureSM7B but it introduced horrible noises to the recording. I studied a lot about balanced power and all that. Meanwhile my Cloudlifter CL 1 arrived. Sm7b + Cloudlifter + SSL 2 Audio interface is totally quiet.. Sm7b + Dbx286s + SSL 2 Audio is terrible noise and no recording.. Am I doing something wrong?

When it first arrived, I admit that I was prepared to find fault with this relatively low cost device. However, I have since found it to be a very competent performer. The dbx 286S Audio Processor packs a lot of features and performance for the approximately $200 that I paid for it. This one rack space (1.75") high device contains a microphone preamplifier with switchable phantom power for condenser microphones, a limiter, expander/gate, and a two-band effects equalizer. All of the processing sections are interconnected such that a signal inserted at the front end passes through all of the sections before emerging at line level out of this device. The amount of audio limiting, expansion/gating and equalization can be set to taste and even individually turned off if you need a particular function. All of the sections "play" well together, making audio tweaks fairly easy to accomplish. Keep in mind that this is a monaural device that can accept balanced microphone or line level input signals. I found the background noise level to be very low (virtually inaudible), even at high mic preamplifier gain settings, and I found the frequency response surprisingly wide and pleasant. This processor brought out the better qualities of the several dynamic and condenser microphones that I auditioned through it. Everything comes through clear and clean at low to moderate control settings, although it is possible to significantly modify your audio, for better or for worse, at higher control settings. Download the manufacturer's manual for this device to learn about its individual features and functions, and how they are used. I find that I really have no complaints about the dbx 286S Audio Processor. It is now in daily use in my modest studio. The 286S does what the manufacturer's literature says it's supposed to do, and it does it crisply and cleanly without added noise or fuss. You can buy high end separate mic preamplifiers, limiters, expander/gates, and equalizers, then connect them all together to do what this little dbx box does. But, you will spend very much more money to achieve or exceed the same level of performance offered by the dbx 286S. Strong bang for the buck. Highly recommended!

En mis pruebas lo he utilizado con voces, a través de un micrófono AKG C414 XLS en posición cardiode y conectándolo en uno de los puntos de inserción balanceados de mi interfaz Audient ID22. La salida del previo es balanceada TRS (jack "estéreo"). La señal así obtenida es de gran limpieza. Me gusta, en particular, que el dbx 286s tenga nivel de ganancia a la entrada del micro y otro nivel de ganancia a la salida por separado. Esto permite realizar combinaciones entre ambas para obtener un resultado óptimo y distintos "colores" en la señal. Asimismo, me ha sorprendido muy gratamente el expander/gate para reducir el ruido de fondo. Funciona muy bien y no se aprecian cortes bruscos en la onda salvo que lo usemos a niveles demasiado altos. El resto de efectos me parecen que funcionan bastante bien y en niveles razonables no he apreciado sonidos enlatados ni distorsiones. Su funcionamiento es muy simple y aunque bien se puede objetar que cuentan con pocos parámetros para configurar yo lo veo más bien como una ventaja puesto que el sonido obtenido es de calidad sin necesidad de realizar complicados ajustes. En resumen, me parece en su conjunto un producto de lo más interesante, útil para uso en estudio o en vivo y que ofrece un gran sonido con una relación calidad/precio espectacular.

Der DBX 286s Mikrofonvorverstärker & Kanalzug ist in meinem Studio unverzichtbar ! Jede Stimme läuft bei mir durch dieses Gerät, weil es einfach super klingt und vielseitige Einstellmöglichkeiten bietet. Der Mic-Preamp arbeitet sauber und zuverlässig (Kondensator und Dynamische Mikros), und der De-Esser macht genau das, was er soll – und das hörbar gut! Besonders beeindruckend finde ich das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis . Im Vergleich zu anderen Herstellern bekommt man hier ein professionelles Studio-Tool für wenig Geld . Die Filter- und Anpassungsmöglichkeiten sind durchdacht und effektiv , sodass man den Sound perfekt optimieren kann. Fazit: Top-Vorverstärker für Sprach- und Gesangsaufnahmen! Einfach zu bedienen, flexibel und preislich unschlagbar. Absolute Empfehlung für jedes Studio! 🎧✅

I did a LOT of research before dishing out for this unit and it seemed to be just what I was looking for. It was. The pre-amp is strong and quiet. The effects are very user friendly and easy to set up for any voice. The expander/gate is particularly effective for raising the sound floor and eliminating much of the room noise, that will hamper any smaller scale recording setup.

Alta calidad en el producto, todo llego en tiempo y forma a Playa del Carmen Quintana Roo México. Lo recomiendo y volvería a comprar lo recomienda al 100%