Towards mid-year I’m planning on getting a SQ-5 mixer with either two DX168 or DX164-W expanders.
This is for a semi-permanent venue, the two expanders to be mounted stage left and right.
I currently have a single ME-1 and am planning on adding four or more ME-500’s.
In the “Supported SLink Port Connections” document, it explicitly shows: SQ5 → AB168 → AB168 → ME-1/500 etc
But it doesn’t specifically show: SQ5 → DX168 → DX168 → ME-1 → ME-500 etc?
Can I assume that the second scenario will work?
Also, just to complicate things, could I put a PoE switch after the last expander for star connecting the ME’s?
you can´t connect a DX168 with the ME-1. The DX works on 96kHz and the ME-… doesn´t support it. So you can only choose for example the AR2412 that works on 48 kHz for work with the personal Monitor System from A&H! This is a very big angry trouble from A&H !! Bring us new Mixers with 96kHz and Stagebox but not working with their Personalmonitor Mixers…that´s very fine !
sorry my english is not so good. Maybe you understand my post wrong, because i write it´s not work on 96kHz ? Of course you can connect the ME-… Mixers directly on a SQ Mixer, that will work. But not at the DX168, because not possible to connect there.
As Gogos pointed out, the Personal mixers run on 48kHz (dSnake) whereas sLink (DX-- products) run at 96kHz only. [ACE & Dante & Waves Soundgrid are ToBeDetermined (kHz)]
At present, you can have a 96kHz digital snake [NO ME’s] OR 48kHz digital snake & ME’s.
In the future the sLink expansion card will allow for a digital snake & a ME1 connection [local (sLink) port running as dSnake (48kHz) & expansion card (sLink) running at 96kHz for DX168 or DX32 or DXHUB].
I applaud A&H for the interconnectivity of the SQ-x series of boards, but I think a 96kHz digital snake option that works with ME’s is a blatant omission [perhaps it is in development].
I really think an extra port (ME_Link)=[dSnake] on the board would have been a better idea, putting the ME1/500/Hub on their own dSnake network at all times [either that or the new sLink card should have two ports on it, one sLink (96kHz and one dSnake (48kHz)]. They might come out with a sLink card for the ME-U with pass through that would be perfect. I really dunno how they’re gonna do it but it needs to be done for those that want personal mixers & dLive/96kHz preamps. Otherwise 96kHz is just another gimmick like everything else is these days.
I was just talking to my buddy about the x32 vs dl32 preamps.
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Basically you can’t separate the analog preamp section from the rest of the board. The dLive is the best technically (objectively) sounding console on the market today; that’s not JUST because of its preamps.
Good, Better, Best. [Qu, SQ, dLive]
Yes DX168 uses the dLive preamps @ 96kHz. It will sound better than QU; but it’s just a PART of the ecosystem.
