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<blockquote data-quote="Arik Semagin" data-source="post: 114017" data-attributes="member: 5072">re: New Midas M32 ConsoleIt&#039;s still not clear if preamps in M32/DL16 are different from X32/S16, as well as sample rate (48K in both, 96K at MIDAS site is clearly listed as future upgrade). Until somebody will get his hands on M32/DL16 and will look inside or do actual testing side-by-side. I would guess not until April.Also, what do you mean by &quot;Full AES50 support&quot;? From what I know, AES50 is 48 channels of audio in each direction at 48K (24 at 96K), correct me if I&#039;m wrong. If so, M32 still doesn&#039;t have access to all 48 channels coming from stage inputs via AES50, so it isn&#039;t full support. Until they will implement the long-awaited third &quot;33-48&quot; channel layer button (or upgrade firmware with some trick, like pressing &quot;1-16&quot; and &quot;17-32&quot; layers buttons together, thus accessing the desired &quot;33-48&quot; layer, no hardware changes will be needed).What would be really interesting is to test both X32 and M32 with truly MIDAS stageboxes from Pro line, I mean DL151/251, these are definitely MIDAS preamps on par with XL4 preamps. They should work at 48K. Will there be any significant difference in sound quality of these versus DL16/S16? Should be difference when used with MIDAS Pro desks at 96K, but we are talking 48K here, at least for now.Is anybody here who actually tried this, X32 with DL151 or 251? I don&#039;t have the 251 and don&#039;t feel like spending $5K for it if it will sounds the same as my S16s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arik Semagin, post: 114017, member: 5072"] re: New Midas M32 Console It's still not clear if preamps in M32/DL16 are different from X32/S16, as well as sample rate (48K in both, 96K at MIDAS site is clearly listed as future upgrade). Until somebody will get his hands on M32/DL16 and will look inside or do actual testing side-by-side. I would guess not until April. Also, what do you mean by "Full AES50 support"? From what I know, AES50 is 48 channels of audio in each direction at 48K (24 at 96K), correct me if I'm wrong. If so, M32 still doesn't have access to all 48 channels coming from stage inputs via AES50, so it isn't full support. Until they will implement the long-awaited third "33-48" channel layer button (or upgrade firmware with some trick, like pressing "1-16" and "17-32" layers buttons together, thus accessing the desired "33-48" layer, no hardware changes will be needed). What would be really interesting is to test both X32 and M32 with truly MIDAS stageboxes from Pro line, I mean DL151/251, these are definitely MIDAS preamps on par with XL4 preamps. They should work at 48K. Will there be any [B]significant [/B]difference in sound quality of these versus DL16/S16? Should be difference when used with MIDAS Pro desks at 96K, but we are talking 48K here, at least for now. Is anybody here who actually tried this, X32 with DL151 or 251? I don't have the 251 and don't feel like spending $5K for it if it will sounds the same as my S16s. [/QUOTE]

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