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Héctor Castillo
Reviewed in Mexico on March 27, 2025
Super recomendado
Wilfredo
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2023
Excelente producto
M
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2023
would recommend this to any sound company or anyone using laptop
Josef Kasperovich
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023
It's Radial - do not need to say more.
James P Stanoch
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2023
Works great, simple, and sounds awesome
Evan Wyatt
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2018
If you're shopping for a DI you most likely already know radial. They made the best DI boxes hands down. great build quality, great sound quality and this stagebug box is super useful for corporate or event settings because someone always brings in a last minute phone/ipod/laptop that needs an input.
T. Mac
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2017
It's most of a Pro AV-1 in a smaller box. While it's less money than an AV-1, the real saving are in size and weight. The unit's size and weight are perfect to use on lecterns or on the tech table for corporate presentation or house of worship use - heavy enough to not slide around, small enough to hide. Works exactly as it should and the labels are clear and concise.
Kayla
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2016
I have been using the StageBug to connect my MacBook to the mixing board and it does a great job! I use MainStage 3 for live music and I haven't had any issues pushing audio from the computer to the board. It sounds great and there is no latency. I understand that there are a lot of limitations to using this DI over using an audio interface, but for simple, lower-end set-ups, this is perfect. I plan on upgrading to an audio interface soon but in the meantime, this has been working out great.
Tom/Cindy
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2013
Very clean sound, like the option for mono or stereo. Quality built for the reliability I need for professional shows. I use an iPod-Touch 5 and Laptops with this.
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