The Black Lion Audio Auteur DT (Versatile Preamp & DI Box) is a vintage-vibe desktop preamp – with brushed black aluminum chassis that looks great on any desktop, framed with vintage-style translucent maple side panels – that’s perfect for capturing all of your performance details. It features a modern IC-based front-end for fast and transparent sound, vintage-inspired transformer-coupled output stage with USA-made transformer for massive, colourful sound, XLR, Line, and Hi-Z inputs for console-style warmth, -10dB pad, 48v phantom power, and polarity reverse, 60dB of gain, backlit classic style VU meter, and a balanced TRS line output.