Klark Teknik DN100(1990s)

Klark Teknik DN100 (V1 1987–2000 | V2 2012–present) World’s toughest active DI box — tour-grade, bulletproof, crystal-clear.

Snapshot

• Single-channel active DI
• 30 V phantom-powered (no battery)
• +48 V LED + pad (-15/-30 dB) + earth lift
• Input: 1 × XLR/TRS combo (20 kΩ)
• Output: transformer-balanced XLR (Klark’s custom mumetal-core)
• Freq: 20 Hz–20 kHz ±0.5 dB
• THD: <0.01 % @ 1 kHz
• Max input: +50 dBu (pad in)
• Case: 1.5 kg extruded aluminium + steel end-caps
• Size: 118 × 59 × 142 mm

Famous For

• Killing ground loops on arena stages
• Letting synth basses hit the desk at 30 Hz flat
• Surviving 20-foot drops (ask any FOH who’s kicked one off the riser)

One-Line 2025 Tag

“The DI that refuses to die.”