Digital Audio Denmark AX Center
Compact Thunderbolt AD/DA converter, router & monitor controller
AD/DA Converter$3,499Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- AD/DA Converter
- Description
- Compact Thunderbolt AD/DA converter, router & monitor controller
- Topology
- Compact modular AD/DA converter with internal PRO|MON summing engine and speaker EQ
- Signal path
- Digital
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- 2x XLR/1/4" combo analog inputs; 2 stereo monitor outputs; 2 independent headphone outputs; 2 slots for optional DAD expansion cards (analog I/O, Dante, AES, dual MADI, dual SDI)
- Form factor
- rackmount, modular
- Rack units
- 1U
- Connection
- Thunderbolt 3, Dante, MADI, ADAT, S/PDIF, DADlink (optional)
- Sample rate (kHz)
- 44.1-384, DSD
- Bit depth
- 28-bit floating point processing
- DSP
- 512x64 ch. PRO|MON summing; SPQ speaker EQ, 128 channels / 1024 total EQ bands
- Powered
- yes
- Introduced
- 2023
Details
I/O: Thunderbolt 3 (256 bidirectional ch. at 44.1/48kHz and at 88.2/96kHz); Dante (256 ch. at 48kHz, 128 ch. at 96kHz); MADI (64 ch. at 48kHz); ADAT (16 ch.); S/PDIF (2 ch.); Word Clock; 2 XLR/TRS combo mic/inst inputs; 2 stereo monitor outs; 2 headphone outs
Notes: FLAG: DAD's own page does not list price; range shown is US distributor retail pricing for the base unit, not DAD-published. Announced March 28, 2023, expected release Q4 2023 per press coverage (mixonline.com, prosoundweb.com), not DAD's own page. Country of manufacture not stated on product page. Part of Thunder|Core series with Core 256 and AX64; device_class AD/DA Converter per task guidance, though DAD markets it as a Thunderbolt audio interface with built-in monitor control.