Countryman Type 10 Direct Box

The Type 10 DI box from Countryman is the ideal counterpart to the classic Type 85, combining the exceptional ruggedness and versatility of the Type 85 with an advanced design that sets a new standard for pure performance. Most direct box designs must make difficult trade-offs with your sound: ultra-low distortion can only be attained by increasing input noise; true ground isolation means high phase deviation or signal attenuation. The Type 10 takes a radically new approach, with an analog circuit that tunes itself to deliver your sound with the lowest distortion, lowest noise, and highest accuracy of any direct box. The result is a clean, precise sound that is completely faithful to the original.

Countryman Type 10 Features

• Outstanding performance
• Versatile
• Indestructable
• Pure and simple

• Type 10 Direct Box1

• Frequency Response10 Hz to 50 kHz (+/- 1 dB)
• Deviation from Linear Phase+2° (30 Hz), 0° (100 Hz – 20 kHz
• Noise (shorted input, BW = 22 Hz – 20 kHz)1.8 μVrms (-115 dBVrms)
• Distortion (1 Vpp in, RL = 1.2 kΩ through 200’ of XLR cable)
  • THD: < 0.001% at 1 kHz, < 0.005% from 30 Hz to 20 kHz
  • IMD: < 0.005% (10 kHz/60 Hz, 4:1)
• Power Options
  • 48 V Phantom (1.5 mA)
  • 9V Battery (4.8 mA, 130 hrs. on a typical alkaline)
• Input Protection220 Vrms and 20,000 V static discharges
• Transformer Isolation Voltage500 V from instrument ground to XLR output pin 1
• Padding Settings
  • 0dB
  • -15dB
  • -30dB
• RF Filtering1.5 MHz (input), 60 kHz (output) low-pass filters
• Maximim Input Level (1% THD)
  • 6 Vpp (0 dB pad)
  • 33 Vpp (-15 dB pad)
  • 190 Vpp (-30 dB pad)
  • (Equal to 1,100 Watts into 4 Ohms)
• Input Resistance10 MΩ (0 dB pad), 10 kΩ (-15, -30 dB pad)
• Input Capacitance240 pF (equal to 3 ft of low-capacitance guitar cable)
• Output PolarityPin 2 positive
• Dimensions1.75x3x6" (45x77x152 mm)
• Weight20.8 oz (.59 kg)