Sound Devices Astral ARX16 (A20-Nexus)
True-diversity wireless receiver
Wireless System$14,495Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Wireless System
- Description
- True-diversity wireless receiver
- Signal path
- Digital (recallable / digitally controlled)
- Channels
- 8
- Channel format
- 8/12/16-channel true-diversity wireless receiver
- Form factor
- Half-rack
- Rack units
- 0.5
- Connection
- RF (SpectraBand 169/470-1525 MHz), Dante, AES, PoE
- DSP
- true
- Powered
- true
- Introduced
- 2022
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: 6.2in color touchscreen OLED, NexLink remote control, real-time spectrum analysis (RTSA), AutoAssign frequency coordination
I/O: 2x DB-25 connectors (16 channels of mic/line/AES outputs), Dante network in/out (16ch to analog/AES), Power-over-Ethernet
Notable use: Pairs with up to 64 NexLinked Astral transmitters (Mini, TX, HH); used in film, TV, and broadcast production sound and live events
Notes: FLAG: A20/Astral wireless ecosystem receiver - formerly marketed as A20-Nexus, current site branding is Astral ARX16. 12/16-channel expansion via A20-Nexus 4-Channel Expansion License (~$2,500/license, not separately catalogued). Price $14,495 per Sound on Sound / trade press coverage; one dealer listed $15,125 - used the lower, more widely-cited figure and flagged the discrepancy. A20-QuickDock accessory (tool-free docking to 8-Series mixer-recorders) not catalogued separately as it is a non-audio accessory.