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Both sounded very neutral. The IO896 has better SN ratio.
On paper, the IO896 has better THD - which could (maybe) be heard as just that bit more transparant, or natural sound.
It was this and for a big part the ability to split the 24ch over 3 boxes that made the decision (we have two mobile systems, so we would have to buy 2 Iboxes, giving 48ch but about the same price as three IO896).
FYI the other brands were Benchmarkmedia (the older 2408), Digital audio Denmark and Stagetech Truematch (1000 dollar/channel !)
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