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DACS Eightch
Eight channel volume controller
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Fake Price...................................
$1,250.00
Real Price...............
$1,169.00
Status: Usually Ships Same or Next Business Day |
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DACS Eightch Description
The DACS Eightch is an eight channel volume control. Used for 5.1, 7.1 monitoring, 8/16 channel ambisonic research, or controlling the volume of any multi speaker format the Eightch is the perfect professional tool.
Our aim was to produce a simple but very high quality unit, with an affordable price tag. It seemed to us that most DAWs these days had plenty of internal controls, and there was little point in duplicating these. We wanted to focus on the requirements outside the box for real systems of speakers. The unit provides 8 inputs and 8 outputs on TRS jacks, 8 trimmers (+/-6dB) and 1 volume knob.
We have used THAT ingenius® input ICs, THAT 2181A VCAs (their finest - each one is hand trimmed to achieve their best performance)
DACS Eightch Specifications
Each VCA is trimmed to achieve the best possible performance. This is done when the unit has been switched on long enough to achieve thermal stability, usually about ten minutes. This means that the factory set performance will not be achieved until the unit has been on for around ten minutes. In addition it should not be placed immediately above or below very hot running equipment, and should be positioned where a reasonably consistent temperature will be
maintained.
The Eightch is factory set to provide unity gain through all channels when the volume is at maximum. On many consoles, you would probably expect the monitor volume control to be around
12 o'clock for fairly high level monitoring. With the Eightch, best performance is achieved by setting your speaker/amplifier to provide the maximum likely output level when the Eightch volume control is at maximum. The trimmers are included to allow you to adjust for different front and rear speakers, or for setting up surround mixes where the rear level is lower than the front.
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The Ingenius® input ICs perform extremely well in terms of hum rejection and stability, and performance is not effected by the use of an unbalanced source. The same is true of the outputs. In addition, the signal level for unbalanced outputs is the same as for balanced outputs (some balanced equipment, if connected to an unbalanced destination, suffers a 6dB reduction in level).
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DACS Eightch Specifications
THD+Noise (20Hz to 20kHz)@+10dBu
<.003%
Phase variation between channels
<.55% @20Hz
<.24% @20kHz
Gain tracking between channels
<.1dB@-10dB
<.2dB@-20dB
<.5dB @-40dB
<1dB @-50dB
Channel crosstalk
<-88dB
Unit Dimensions
Height = 44mm
Width = 485mm, 444mm without rack ears
Depth = 180mm, 152mm without sockets, etc
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