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Thank you all very much for the replies. It's good to hear that my passive Reveals are within their expected shelf-life. They were stored in a garage for about two years, but they still sound ok to me, even though the coating on the dome of one of the tweeters has degraded and rubbed off...

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Hi folks. For my home mixing and mastering, I'm still using a pair of passive Tannoy Reveals that I bought 20 years ago. Do you think these are still likely to be good, or should I replace them due to their age? Are there better budget monitors of a similar (or smaller) size nowadays? I'm...

I really appreciate all of your input on this topic, folks. It has been very interesting and educative. (y)(y)(y)

Yes, that was always my approach, too.

My logic suggests that if I use a noise gate, I should put it at the end of the effects chain, so that it eliminates noise from all the preceding effects. However, I often see people putting the noise gate near (or even at) the beginning of the effects chain. Is there a valid reason for doing that?

I did much the same with my parents' 1960s 'stereophocic radiogram 3DSC' (Pye Ltd), when I was still at school. I managed to connect my guitar to it and use it as an amplifier. Built a phaser pedal shortly afterwards from a circuit in an eletronics magazine. I wish I still had that phaser...

Thanks for the clarifications. Surprisingly, that active box I ordered was cheaper than any passive DI box I could find, and its foot switch could prove useful, too. I like that all three audio sockets are 1/4" jacks. My situation is home recording in a fairly tight space. All my guitar pickups...

Ah, ok - thanks for the info. Hopefully it'll do the trick, anyway. The foot switch might prove useful in some situations.

That might be what I ordered (not sure)... but it looks like it's designed to do what I need. If not, it will probably come in useful anyway. Sorry, I have no info on the circuitry:

Thank you, Dave; that's very helpful. I will refer back to your comments if I encounter any of the problems you mentioned.

I said the link seemed obsolete.. (It pointed to a Yamaha brass instrument page, when I tried it, yesterday... though today it does point to the DI box.) :-) Thanks. The interface is a Behringer UMC202HD, which does have swtchable Hi-Z/Inst inputs. Not sure what you meant by "slight wiff of a...

Thanks for your input, @snow lizard. Yes, I thought about the possibility of using a small pedal with a stereo output, but found I don't have one. So I've ordered the M-Vave AB/Y box shown in my photo. The price, including shipping was very low, as it's coming from China. Hopefully it'll do the...

Thanks @keith.rogers, and @jimmys69. That Live Wire Passive DI link seems to be obsolete, for me, Keith. But yes, I might end up buying one of those DI boxes (or at least one with all 1/4" sockets instead of the XLR type. I found this item online. What do you think?: But here's something I'd...

Happy New Year, folks. Does someone have the electronics savvy to answer this? How I can split an electric guitar cable signal into two, so that I can have one branch going into an effects pedal and the other branch going into an audio interface? I have a hunch that a simple Y splitter cable...

Thank you all for the replies. They've been interesting to read. The concensus here reflects my own conclusions; I feel I need to be hearing what the final sound should be like, while I'm actually playing it. I think I may start splitting the guitar signal, so I end up with one track containing...

Recording guitar tracks: Using effects pedals vs. adding plugin effects, afterwards, within a DAW? Which way do you prefer, and why? Thanks, all!