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dbx PB-48 Point Patch Bay black

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Features

  • Comes in two varieties, half-normalled or de-normalled
  • 48 1/points on front panel, connected to 48 1/points on tone control rear
  • Rugged, noise free, versatile patchbay
  • Country of Origin: China

Description

Well, it's not very glamourous, but everybody needs a patchbay. And as for the pb-48, it is a patchbay that just works, all the time, every time. It comes in two flavors: half-normalled or de-normalled, with 48 1/4" Points on the front panel, connected to 48 1/4" Points on the rear. The pb-48 is a rugged, noise- free, versatile patchbay designed to serve all your patchbay needs, from providing clear and easy access to your mixer and other studio gear, to reducing the wear and tear on their jacks, to facilitating quick and precise rerouting of devices within your studio setup. See, not glamorous, but it works great.

Color: Black


Brand: dbx


Style: Compact


Shape: Rectangular


Number of Pieces: 1


Mounting Type: Rear Mount


Age Range (Description): Adult


Color: Black


Brand: dbx


Style: Compact


Shape: Rectangular


Number of Pieces: 1


Mounting Type: Rear Mount


Age Range (Description): Adult


Item Weight: 2.42 pounds


Product Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2 inches


Item model number: PB48


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: August 7, 2005


Color Name: Black


Hardware Platform: CONSUMER_ELECTRONICS


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • It works
Don’t let the price fool you, it work amazing. All the port on the box are trs, no static, no dead ports. It was perfect for what I needed. Please note that there are no power cords, no xlr ports, and to normalize or a unnormalize a port u have to take out the whole port and flip it upside down.over all work great and would buy more. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2021 by aaron winter
    • Just what I needed
This was the perfect purchase to add to my home project studio
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2019 by Selesia Hinton
    • Perfect
No frills, fully functional, easy to use and install. A Quick flip of the module and any channel is normalled or de-normalled.
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2012 by Geoffrey Lowe
    • I own 2 now, one of which is over ...
I own 2 now, one of which is over 10 years old. Basically trouble free for my little home studio
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2017 by DM
    • Very Convenient Patch Bay with Some Faults
The DBX PB48 is a pretty standard but decent patch bay for your 1/4” patching purposes. I’ve had two. The first one had several connections die on me after just a year of use. I got another one and that one lasted much longer, never dying on me. There is no coloration to the sound and it performs as it should barring any dead connections. I like how shallow it is in a rack space and that it is relatively inexpensive. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2023 by Tom
    • Open back and bottom design is a FEATURE, not a cheap design flaw - (for normalled, half-normalled)
Regarding the physical design and open case: this is a FEATURE, not a cheap design flaw. I've used 4 of these for almost 20 years, no issues. The open back and sides and one-nut install of each patch point is by design! Do you know how these work? If you know the difference between normalled and half-normalled, then you'll understand the nature of the build. Each patch point is made to be taken out and reversed. They work differently when put in upside-down, etc. Again: this is a FEATURE, not a cheap design flaw. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2019 by P. Wright
    • It works, but corner-cutting design needlessly shortens lifespan
If you Google for images of this patch bay, you'll never see a photo of its underside. Well, that's because it literally doesn't have one. Nor does it have any sides. This patch bay is not a solid box. It's basically an L-shaped, open metal frame to which 24 modules attach. The modules' circuit boards are completely exposed, and each module is secured to the patch bay frame with only a single plastic nut that screws onto plastic threading. Seriously? I installed this patch bay in my studio today, and even though it's functioning, I've already begun shopping for its future replacement because I can't imagine this patch bay will last more than a year before the jacks crack or strip, or the modules are permeated by dust. I also racked my patch bay upside down so that the labeling strips were on top, and to give each module a little firmer seating in case its single, plastic mounting nut ever loosened. Then I used a black Sharpie marker to draw division lines through the label strips between the modules. Removing a module to flip (de-normalize) requires unscrewing its threaded nut. Unfortunately the modules are too close together to seat a metric socket onto the nut, so you either have to fumble with a half-seated socket or try to grasp it with a needle-nose pliers. It took me over a half-hour to de-normalize all 24 modules. In summary, for a hundred bucks, I'd at least like my patch bay to have... you know... all six sides. And I'd like to have more than one screw holding in the modules. And those screws should be... you know... metal. Given it's lackluster design and the most corner-cutting construction I've ever seen in a piece of studio gear, in no way would I value this product at $100. DBX has made some excellent gear in the past, but I'm afraid they dropped the ball on this one. UPDATE October 2018: As I predicted, the patch bay is failing. It lasted a couple years longer than I thought it would, but it's producing scratchy, intermittent, unreliable connections in my signal chain. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2015 by EasyTiger
    • Avoid. Worked for a year...
There is truth to “you get what you pay for”. This patch-bay works but as another reviewer said, it’s construction is as cheap as it gets. I’ve purchased two Sampson patch-bays since and will be replacing the DBX with one this week. It lasted a year but because there is no support under the unit, the modules started falling out. Really frustrating when you need to crawl behind the racks mid-session to repair something that could have been avoided with better construction. For someone on a budget in a small home studio this might work but my advice is to avoid a headache, spend the extra $20 and get a Sampson. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2018 by MakeNoiz

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