Allen & Heath AR84 Expander AudioRack

Model: AUAHAR

Product Highlights:

AR84 is an 8 XLR input, 4 XLR output AudioRack. Adding an AR84 to your Qu system lets you position some of your I/O up to 120m from the Qu mxer, connected over a single Cat5 cable running Allen & Heath’s dSNAKE protocol. dSNAKE provides control to the remote preamp, and all mic preamps are scene recallable.

Travels in a rack mount case.

Compatibility and Cable
The AR84 uses the 48kHz dSnake protocol, which is a layer 2, fast ethernet protocol designed for pointto-point connections. This means it can be connected to the dedicated dSnake ports included on the GLD and Qu systems or used with the intelligent SLink port which can switch to a dSnake mode.

Cat5e (or higher) STP (Shielded Twisted Pair) cable should be used, with a maximum cable length of 100m (330ft) between each unit. Use of passive couplers to join cables will reduce this distance.