RAVE� is a revolutionary signal transport system that allows you to route multiple channels of audio over standard Ethernet hardware and cabling. A single RAVE network can now replace hundreds of audio cables, dramatically reducing installation time, effort and cabling costs while improving routing flexibility and audio performance. RAVE is the ideal audio transport system for arenas, theatres, broadcast facilities, and other applications requiring multiple channels routed over long distances free of noise and hum. Large sound systems often require routing dozens of audio channels over long distances to multiple locations. Analog technology requires a separate line for each channel, leading to large cables and conduits, and time-intensive installations. Analog cabling can be a nightmare - prone to errors and subject to interference and noise. It's also time consuming to design and install, as well as difficult to re-route and reconfigure. Cable, conduit, termination and labor costs can be the single largest expense of a system. RAVE is a digital audio transport system employing CobraNet� technology licensed from Peak Audio, a Division of Cirrus Logic. This assures compatibility with all other CobraNet-licensed products - avoiding the limitations imposed by closed-end, proprietary network audio systems. RAVE transports audio signals over Fast Ethernet networking components in an uncompressed 48 kHz digital format in resolutions of 16, 20 or 24 bit. Using standard network hardware and physical media, a RAVE system has a maximum capacity of 64 audio channels on a 100BASE-TX segment and the ability to support hundreds of audio channels on a switched Ethernet LAN (Local Area Network). A RAVE device can be configured by either the front panel switches or via software.
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