Reddit mentions of Radial Engineering R8001112 Pro AV1 Direct Box
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- Passive Direct Box for multi-media/audio/video use
- Eliminates buzz and hum from ground loops
- Handles huge transients without distortion
Features:
Specs:
| Color | MultiColored |
| Height | 6 Inches |
| Length | 6.5 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Weight | 1.5 Pounds |
| Width | 4 Inches |
Well, it's spendy, but I always reach for one of these when we have a computer/phone/many other things to plug in to our at work:
https://www.amazon.com/Radial-Engineering-R8001112-Pro-Direct/dp/B000H2D81O
It'll take an input from a stereo headphone jack (commonly known as 1/8" or 3.5mm TRS connector), stereo RCA, or a 1/4" mono (TS, or "big headphone jack," as I used to call them), sum it to mono, and spit it out at line-level. In addition, in my experience, it sounds great for a passive DI box. There are cheaper options, yes, but this one is good for when you want to plug some oddball device into your speakers without extra cables.
Now, as someone else said, if you are just plugging things right into your speakers, as long as you can get a signal from the device, you should be good. I can't imagine that someone would make a powered speaker that can put out phantom power, but I've been wrong before. However, this DI box would remove the risk of damaging your device should you ever upgrade to use a mixer that has phantom power.