Fire-Eye Red-Eye Twin

Dual Source Solution

I recently upgraded the pickup system in my acoustic guitar to add a Seymour Duncan Mag Mic to my K&K Pure Mini. I needed a good dual-source preamp solution. Having previous experience with the Fire-Eye Red-Eye (single), I had a good idea what to expect from the Red-Eye Twin. Basically, the Red-Eye Twin is a preamp/DI box with very high quality, clean sound. It has two inputs that function very much like an A/B-Y switch box with one summed output. Add to that an adjustable Boost switch, separate gain and treble adjustments per channel and one effects loop send and one return all in a relatively small package and you have a really well designed, high-quality, road/tour-worthy preamp/DI. What it isn't is this: it is not a tone tweaking device or one that is designed for troubleshooting problematic frequency issues. Meaning, it does not include sophisticated equalization tools. I know that there are some players who require more EQ adjustments at their feet (pedalboard). One option for that is that you can add an equalizer pedal in the effects loop of the Red-Eye if you need it. To me, the best feature of the Red-Eye Twin, which is also true of the single input Red-Eye, is the input impedance flexibility. I am not an electronics expert, so I can't explain how this works. I just know from experience with other preamps that something about the Red-Eye approach to the input source really helps with the sound quality. I simply don't get overloading/clipping of the preamp with the Red-Eye. On top of that, what I do get is a really open, natural acoustic tone. Now, I realize part of that is dependant on the quality of the pickup system in the instrument, but if you have that covered, the Red-Eye will help it shine. Overall, I find that the Red-Eye Twin is a really great preamp/DI. If you want to keep things simple and at the same time have a high-quality, clean tone from your instrument, with minimal tone shaping, the Red-Eye Twin might be a good choice for you.

Grenat bur

Very efficient wit one instrument or to Switch beetween two instruments but a noticeable loss of level and quality sound when using the A+B mode. I'm overall satisfied. Great service from Shoreline.

Red Eye Twin

I love love love my Red-Eye Twin! Serious tone!!!Thank you Shoreline!