K&K, L.R.Baggs, D-tar

[love2play21]

im looking at a used Larrivee L-09 and wanting to get a pickup installed. 
I would like some opinions on these three pickups:

K&K Mini Ultra Pure Western
L.R.Baggs iMix
D-tar WaveLength

I like the LRBaggs but im not a huge fan of the battery pouch and i have no idea exactly where the batteries go in the K&K is it a pouch also.  Im not to familiar with the D-tar but it seems like it might not work without a DI box am i correct o n this?  Besides these questions, could yall provide some feedback on these three pickups and their pros and cons?

[jmhyer]

The K&K has no batteries.  It's a passive (not active) pickup.  There are fans of both K&K and LR Baggs pickups here.  You should get some good input.

BTW you'll love the L-09!

[fitness1]

I like the Baggs Passive I-beam and have them in most of my instruments......I use it with the external Gigpro preamp and it works incredibly well.    The K and K's that I have had in instruments that have passed through my hands always sound kind of "choked" and not very lively.....just my opinion :GRN>

[ronmac]

I have a K&K on the way to try. I have used Baggs IBeam, Fishman Matrix, Fishman Rare Earth, True Tone, Bourgeois, Twelfth Fret, Schatten, Bartolini, and a variety of internal microphones on a number of different guitars. None of them sound great without a bit of EQ.

[sunburststrat]

I have a K&K on the way to try. I have used Baggs IBeam, Fishman Matrix, Fishman Rare Earth, True Tone, Bourgeois, Twelfth Fret, Schatten, Bartolini, and a variety of internal microphones on a number of different guitars. None of them sound great without a bit of EQ.

So what's a good, reasonably-priced, external preamp?  I just installed a Baggs M1 and also feel the need to tweak the signal before it goes into my amp, preferably with something that sits on the floor like a pedal.  Does anyone make anything like that?

[ronmac]

For an all-in-one-fits-in the-case-box I like the Baggs PARA DI. They are relatively inexpensive, easy to use and effective.

For fussy gigs I will use a studio preamp, 31 band EQ and compressor into a stereo effects unit into a small mixer into the PA. Not inexpensive or easy to use, but very effective.

[Fergy07]

I have the K&K Trinity Classic, which has the under saddle and a microphone. I also have the Imix. the K&K is very prone to feedback at very low microphone levels, and I am ready to rip the thing out. The Imix I am very happy with. It does a very good job of blending the undersaddle with the piezo transducer for a very warm sound. The Ibeams I have (in two guitars) and while they sound great when strummed, for picking the trebles are very weak and overpowered by the bass. I'm probably going to change them out for the Imix the next time I have some spare change.

Andy