XTA + CMI + ASH @ Oz


The showmen - L-R
Des Williamson (CMI)
Andy McIntyre(CMI)
Waring Hayes (XTA)
Graeme Mitchell (CMI)
Peter Trojkovic (CMI)
Christian Stumpp (HK Audio)


Daily MC Brad Parker (Parker Black Productions) introducing each system during demo...


DP224 and x 2 DP448 in control, with MC2 amps in charge, all under wireless control

Critical listening or a rush on the lunch table?

Never one to be put off by an ash cloud hanging over proceedings, CMI Audio of Melbourne hosted a 3 day seminar at their premises in April between the 13th and 15th.

The event saw the Australian launch of the DC1048 Integrated Audio Management and NX Series Network Audio breakout boxes.

The 70-plus attendees were also treated to extensive speaker demonstrations from the likes of HK Audio, Adamson, as well as a free lunch. There is of course no such thing as a free lunch, but this came pretty close...

Many of Australia's top audio consultants and installers attended, and in particular the NX Breakout boxes received particular attention, due to the continued and increasing interest in Danté as a serious contender for large scale high performance live audio networking.

Representing xta was Waring Hayes, who was duly grilled by the consultants as to the benefits of Danté and why it was xta's choice for the live performance range of NX network audio components.

Waring explained "Following extensive listening tests with (difficult to source!) 96k 24-bit recordings and comparisons between the various popular networks in the market at the moment, Danté was the only one we felt sufficiently capable of delivering multi-channel audio without audible side-effects."

He continued "We spent a long time getting the highest performance out of the converters in the unit(s), and it only seemed right to pair them with a network of sufficient quality to warrant the blue front panel!"

The final session of the seminar was taken up exclusively by engineers, keen to learn more about using AudioCore including tricks for "Power Users" and a brief demo of the new iPhone app for controlling 4 Series using a Walkabout kit.