Hughes & Kettner Red Box 5 DI and Speaker Simulator
Hughes & Kettner REDBOX5 Overview
Designed for electric guitarists, the Hughes & Kettner Red Box 5 is a compact enclosure in a DI form factor that mimics the tone of speaker cabinets. Thanks to its -26-dB pad switch, it can be used with both line-level signals and speaker signals, making it suitable for implementation with tube amplifiers, solid-state amplifiers, and combo amps of all sorts.
Other switches afford you the ability to filter the sound of the cab. The Loose/Tight selector allows you to switch between a more chunky, hefty sound and a timbre that’s more diffuse and airy. Likewise, you can choose between aggressive or warmer tonalities with the Vintage/Modern switch. The Small/Large switch selects between emulations of small and large cabinets, while the remaining selector is a more utilitarian ground/lift switch for mitigating the noise associated with ground loops.
