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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Dameron" data-source="post: 148847" data-attributes="member: 1098">Re: Allen &amp; Heath GLD stage boxes questionI&#039;m a big GLD fanboy, so take it all with a grain of salt.&nbsp; The stage box line up is a bit different than something like Yamaha Rios where you just put them on a network wherever you want.&nbsp; However, the trade off is that the A&amp;H requires zero setup or network management.&nbsp; I find that the I/O on the surface is enough for all of my local sources, even when I&#039;m doing corporate with a lot of playback at FOH.&nbsp; If it&#039;s not enough then go ahead and add an AR box at FOH.&nbsp; After that you figure out what you need on stage.&nbsp; If you need 24, 32, or 40 then you can use the daisy chained boxes.&nbsp; If you need all 48 on stage then just loom two cat5 cables together and use the main and expansion ports.&nbsp; Most other platforms require two cat5 lines anyway.I&#039;ve never considered using any expansion cards for more stage box capacity.&nbsp; You&#039;ll lose pre-amp control and maybe at that point you just need a different solution.&nbsp; I&#039;ve put a Dante card in one of my systems and find that it gives you a massive amount of options.&nbsp; If you have Ulx-D wireless or computer sources it frees up inputs.&nbsp; If you need more outputs there are a lot of Dante to line out options as well as Lab PLM or similar Dante enabled amps.&nbsp; That said, in most configurations I run out of output buses before I run out of physical outputs.&nbsp; For the case, especially a GLD-80 is a very small console.&nbsp; I would keep the case as low profile as possible.&nbsp; Since there is very little connectivity on the back, I don&#039;t see a lot of need for a big doghouse.&nbsp; I definitely would not put an AR84 under the console.&nbsp; The cabling going to it would be very annoying and also one of the perks of a little i/o device like that is the flexibility of being able to put it where it&#039;s needed.&nbsp; I would be much more inclined to racking it with your wireless directly, or something along those lines.&nbsp; For what it&#039;s worth,thomas d.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thomas Dameron, post: 148847, member: 1098"] Re: Allen & Heath GLD stage boxes question I'm a big GLD fanboy, so take it all with a grain of salt. The stage box line up is a bit different than something like Yamaha Rios where you just put them on a network wherever you want. However, the trade off is that the A&H requires zero setup or network management. I find that the I/O on the surface is enough for all of my local sources, even when I'm doing corporate with a lot of playback at FOH. If it's not enough then go ahead and add an AR box at FOH. After that you figure out what you need on stage. If you need 24, 32, or 40 then you can use the daisy chained boxes. If you need all 48 on stage then just loom two cat5 cables together and use the main and expansion ports. Most other platforms require two cat5 lines anyway. I've never considered using any expansion cards for more stage box capacity. You'll lose pre-amp control and maybe at that point you just need a different solution. I've put a Dante card in one of my systems and find that it gives you a massive amount of options. If you have Ulx-D wireless or computer sources it frees up inputs. If you need more outputs there are a lot of Dante to line out options as well as Lab PLM or similar Dante enabled amps. That said, in most configurations I run out of output buses before I run out of physical outputs. For the case, especially a GLD-80 is a very small console. I would keep the case as low profile as possible. Since there is very little connectivity on the back, I don't see a lot of need for a big doghouse. I definitely would not put an AR84 under the console. The cabling going to it would be very annoying and also one of the perks of a little i/o device like that is the flexibility of being able to put it where it's needed. I would be much more inclined to racking it with your wireless directly, or something along those lines. For what it's worth, thomas d. [/QUOTE]

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