SeriesSamson Technologies S Class Mini

The Samson S Direct Plus is a phantom powered box that has a lift switch. It is only 40 bucks and it is very easy to use and set up. It is a plug and play device that has gold plated XLR balanced outputs. The bottom of it has rubber corners to prevent it from sliding on any surface that you may have it sitting on. The Samson S Direct Plus has 48 volts of phantom power or you can use 9 volts for auto battery shut off. UTILIZATION The Samson S Direct Plus has 2 ¼ inputs and 2 XLR outputs. It is very small and portable, it will fit in your jeans pocket it is so small. I originally got this to boost up some signals and it has done just that for me. I am so happy that it only cost me 40 dollars. I have been using it for 5 years now and still using it often to this day. SOUND QUALITY While using the Samson S Direct Plus I have noticed a lot of improvements in sound quality coming from some of our acoustic guitars by using it in the signal chain. OVERALL OPINION From the first time that I purchased the Samson S Direct Plus 5 years ago I knew that I would end up having more of them and now I have 4 of them. I do not use them all at the same time though, I keep 2 at home and 2 in my gig and equipment bags for when I am doing shows or in other studios. It has come in handy to have this little device with me at all times because you never know when you will need it. It is built to last you a long time and after you get one of them you will want to have more of them. You just can’t beat this price.

The Samson Audio S-Phantom is a two channel phantom power box to use in the studio. Most people probably won't have a need for something like this, but if you have some mic preamps that don't have phantom power built in, as you'll sometimes find in older modules, then you'll need a phantom power box if you want to use condenser microphones with these preamps. It's also useful if you're on the go and want to use some condenser microphones. It's got a really simple make up, with two XLR inputs for each of the channels, and two XLR and 1/4" outputs for the corresponding inputs as well. There isn't anything else to the box other than that, as once you've plugged your condenser microphone(s) through it, you're all set to go. There are a number of different phantom power boxes out there, some with one channel, some with two, and some with four, but it seems like per channel, the Samson Audio S-Phantom is the best bang for your buck. It all really just depends on what you're using it for, as if you're in a larger professional recording studio, you might not want to be using something this cheap to give phantom power to your vintage microphones, although it should be totally fine. It does however, look a feel a bit cheap, but then again that's where they cut prices. If you have a studio of any type this is an easy way to save some money if you need a phantom power box, but I'd encourage you to check out the other phantom boxes out there to get a better idea of what's offered out there. That said, S-Phantom should do the job as good as any and will get the job done at a great price!