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Old 8th March 2007   #2
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I've been happy with the Hear Back system from Listen Technology for my headphone monitor set-up. There's a rack-mount hub/distribution box which will take 8 inputs, switchable (as a block) between analog ins and ADAT optical, and then transmit them over Cat5 (ethernet) cable to individual mixer boxes, so each performer can do their own mix of a stereo pair plus 6 individual channels (which can also be linked for more stereo pairs if necessary.)

It's pretty affordable vs. similar audio-over-ethernet systems I've seen (half the price of the Axiom system, although half the channels also), seems pretty rugged so far, and is totally easy for musicians and even drummers to figure out.

As an added bonus, the mixer boxes have a pair of 1/4" outs, so you can use them to feed monitors rather than headphones if you want, or I've been using them as handy reamp boxes.
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