Integrating the Qu Series into the DANTE world is not possible since the mixers have no expansion slot.
So easiest way would be an external „dsnake to Dante Box“ = AB168-Dante
Receiving 16 channels from Dante and sending 8 channels to Dante would leave the option to still ad one AB168 Stagebox to that system. And the I/O patching in the QU mixer would not change compared to the situation with two AB168.
There would be no options to control stageboxes and there gains, that’s fine. But it would be possible to receive and transmit audio in a multiroom venue.
What do you think?