Originally Posted by kanebear

I believe the R-09 may work from a sound-board line out without padding. The input is unbalanced but is rated at 0 dBu which means it's inbetween the -10dBv consumer and +4dBu balanced pro spec. You'll just have to try and see if it overloads the input. It's a minijack input so unless you can do a 1/4" stereo phono plug to 1/8" stereo plug out of the soundboard you'll still need a box to convert the XLRs. It definitely has a much better chance than the DM-1 which only has a microphone input and absolutely needs the padding.