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” IMO factory optimized gear always outperforms mix and match in the sonic world.
Hugh”

True, but having a laptop controller and “factory optimized” are not mutually exclusive. It’s not an “either/or” situation. If I have may SQ6 in the network, it makes sense to use it to control my DT168. But there are times when a small network is the choice and having a laptop controller would allow me to use my DT168 in different and helpful ways.

Just sayin’

D.

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Found it in the B&H Photo ad. 4U.

D.

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You can via Dante. (Not Dante Via, haha)

D.

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Thanks for helping me understand what’s important and what’s not.

D.

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Thanks Keith. That’s exactly what I was looking for.

I wasn’t sure, at all, if the settings did, in fact, do the same thing. It’s a deep set of options on the SQ and maybe I was missing an important route to something in one setting that the other didn’t have. They certainly look as if that might be true.

Education is still an important goal.

D.

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No, the real question is why you feel like lecturing me and then,
NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION. Doh!

D.

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Mark never said it couldn’t be done, but here are my thoughts.

(And is this true for you, Mark?) I came from the analog console era, PM4000 and PM5000, Midas, Clair, etc.

I still think it’s nice to have all my working faders up and available in the “heat of battle.” I also guess that those who cut their teeth on multi-layered panels have less issue with this than I do, and since those are the bulk of the folks buying SQs today, I have doubts that A&H would ever consider such an upgrade.

In that regard, Showtime might be correct in thinking, maybe not altering your workflow but making a decision about whether a multi-level panel is right for the way you work. There are still big-time FOH guys using analog panels (not a ton, but some) because that’s how they like to work. “It’s not the gear, it’s the ear.”

D.

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Man, is this such a dumb question that nobody wants to answer it? I am confused that not even the tech moderators have at least said RTFM. Which I have done BTW.

It’s a real question, and I’m a bit piqued by the overwhelming response.

D.

[tourtelotParticipant]

Nobody?

D.

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Okay. thanks for all the info.

D.

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Okay. All food for thought.

It seems that 100mbit stuff should work fine on a 1gbit network. I have a few Dante things that are 100mbit and they work as they should. It is certainly true the 1gbit stuff will not work at 1gbit on a 100mbit network but some (most) will work, albeit at 100mbit.

I’d be interested in what you turn up.

D.

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Thanks so much for the link. I’ll read it ASAP.

Okay. I already have a (fairly) large Dante closed network (maybe 25 devices) for location recording. So adding a DT168 would be no problem.

I am just trying to understand why I would, necessarily, want to spend $500 extra if the DX168 would accomplish the same ends.

Are you saying that the DX168 will NOIT work on a Gigabyte network switch? Seems unlikely.

More after I read the white paper.

Thanks for your patience.

D.

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Sorry, not trying to be dense here, but if I use the DX for a few mics and maybe a few line level returns to the stage via SLink, isn’t it easy to split those mics out to the Dante stream, and recorders and such, using tie lines in the SQ?

What would make it important that I spend an additional $500 to get the Dante version as opposed to using the SQ to route a few inputs to the Dante stream?

D.

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Thanks. The DT168 had sorta flown under the radar for me but a possibility like other Dante mic preamps.

I was interested in using the DX168 because the SLink function was available in the desk already, un-used, and the DX168 is $500 cheaper than the DT168 (street). Any advantages to the DT168, 1) over any other Dante mic preamp set and 2) over the DX168 via SLink over a VLAN?

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

Doug

[tourtelotParticipant]

Got it! Thanks all.

D.

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