Hi Richard and Guillaume, Interesting stuff. Two things to note - the installation is in a tropical botanic garden so I am using a certain type of speaker that is pretty resilient (used in saunas etc) whci is passive (for obvious reasons) and connected by speaker cable . The AVB amps sound interesting - any links to the highest channel count ones ? I am not quite sure what advantage 4 * N-DAC8 ($1200) + computer ($ ???) would get me over one Utrack 24 or even a Joeco other than the fact its connects via ethernet rather than USB , bearing in mind that the speaker will be connected analogue via a a couple of multichannel amplifiers.....
On 28 June 2017 at 19:55, Richard Foss <r.f...@ru.ac.za> wrote: > Yes, I agree with Guillaume - AVB is a good option. miniDSP sell an 8 > channel box AVB box, the N-DAC8, for $299. > > With three of these you have 24 channels, and they all run off the same > network clock. You would also need a small (4/5 port) switch. > > A more expensive, but also easily configurable option is their SPK-4P > Power over Ethernet option ($395). For 22 channels, you would then have 22 > speakers connected to a 24 port switch. Power, audio, and control then all > travel over one cable, which makes for easy configuration. Again, all > speakers are synced to the same network master. > > Richard. > > > > On 2017-06-28 07:39 PM, Guillaume Le Nost wrote: > >> Aside from dante, AVB is another option for multichannel audio over >> ethernet. >> It is now available as standard (and for free) in any Mac running a >> recent os, and several options for avb enabled amplifiers are available: >> biamp, crown, l-acoustics to list a few. >> If converters are required, the Motu AVB series can help, and is >> relatively inexpensive. >> >> Guillaume >> >> On 28 Jun 2017, at 18:00, Jörn Nettingsmeier < >>> netti...@stackingdwarves.net> wrote: >>> >>> On 06/27/2017 07:52 PM, Augustine Leudar wrote: >>>> see my post before last for what went wrong. How much are the Joecos ? >>>> >>> https://www.thomann.de/gb/joeco_bbr64_dante_blackbox_recorder.htm >>> >>> However, if you go the Dante route, you might as well use an old Minimac >>> with a virtual soundcard (if 32 ch out is enough) and an appropriate Dante >>> converter. Should be cheaper, if you have the Mac lying around, and no less >>> robust if the hardware is otherwise ok. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jörn Nettingsmeier >>> De Rijpgracht 8, 1055VR Amsterdam, Nederland >>> Tel. +49 177 7937487 >>> >>> Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik (Bühne/Studio), Tonmeister VDT >>> http://stackingdwarves.net >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sursound mailing list >>> Sursound@music.vt.edu >>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, >>> edit account or options, view archives and so on. >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sursound mailing list >> Sursound@music.vt.edu >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, >> edit account or options, view archives and so on. >> > > -- > Professor Richard Foss > Computer Science Department > Rhodes University > Grahamstown 6140 > South Africa > > Tel: +27 46 6038294 > Cell: +27 83 288 9354 > email: r.f...@ru.ac.za > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- Augustine Leudar Artistic Director Magik Door LTD Company Number : NI635217 Registered 63 Ballycoan rd, Belfast BT88LL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20170628/04778d4b/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
