Palmer ilm Passive Speaker Simulation DI-Box

You've found your perfect amp sound, but somehow It'sounds different on every stage?

The Palmer ilm speaker simulation DI box removes all the uncertainties of amp micing such as microphone choice, acoustic environment and positioning. With a sophisticated filter switch simulating the sound behavior of a real guitar speaker, it captures your authentic sound, even without a microphone. Its direct signal always sounds the same, whether at home, in the (home) studio, during rehearsals, or on stage, whatever the room size.

The Palmer ilm offers three analog guitar speaker simulation settings, which represent typical guitar speaker models. We'll leave the flowery names to the others; on the Palmer ilm, they are called "normal", "mellow" and "bright".

Generally, the Palmer ilm is looped in between the guitar amp output and guitar speaker; but it can also be operated on the amplifier's line out. For input-level adjustment, the ilm has a pad switch with three settings: 0, -15 and -30 dB.

The output of the Palmer ilm is balanced and transformer isolated which means there is no interference or ground loop hum when connecting it to a mixing console or audio interface. With the Palmer ilm, you can always rely on what really matters: Your music, your instrument and your sound.

Key Features

• Analog Speaker simulation for authentic guitar sound without mic
• Three sound settings: normal, mellow, bright
• Can be used as DI box with speaker simulation bypassed
• Balanced XLR output
• Operation either between amplifier output and speaker or on the line output
• Switchable pre-attenuation for adjustment to amp levels
• No humming: galvanic transformer isolation
• Ground lift switch
• Simple and fail-safe, no power supply required
• Solid casing made of aluminum and steel
• Incl. rewritable tour label for attachment onto the back of the ilm
• Engineered in Germany

Technical Specifications

Product type
Speaker Simulation DI-Box
Type
passive
Channels
1
Transformer isolated
Yes
Inputs
1
Input type
unbalanced
Input connectors
6.3 mm jack
Outputs
1
Output type
balanced
Output connectors
XLR
THRU outputs per channel
1
Ground lift switch
Yes
More features
Tone: Bypass, Normal, Bright, Mellow
Housing material
Aluminum continuous casting
Height
140 mm
Width
50 mm
Depth
68 mm
Ambient temperature (in operation)
- 20 - 70 °C
Relative Humidity
< 80 %, not condensing
Accessories (included)
Inscription label (tour label), rubber feet
Weight
0,445 kg
Audio
Max. input level (< 1% THD, 20 Hz)
+12 dBu
Max. input level (< 1% THD, 1 kHz)
+32 dBu dBu
Frequency response (±1 dB, relative 1 kHz)
10 Hz - 60 kHz
Input impedance (1 kHz, max. Level, -10dBV)
8,8 kOhm
Output impedance (1 kHz, max. Level, -10dBV)
125 Ohm
THD (30 Hz, +4 dBu, unity, unweighted)
< 0,25 %
THD (1 kHz, +4 dBu, unity, unweighted)
< 0,009 %
IMD (SMPTE) (60 Hz / 7 kHz, 4:1, +4 dBu)
< 0.005 %
Transformer ratio
1:5