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<blockquote data-quote="Per SÃ¸vik" data-source="post: 65971" data-attributes="member: 1285">Re: X16 PreviewDear Uli,while we don´t doubt that the tech platform is very similar between the two products, I personally believe that the tech in itself means very little, it is all a matter of what it can do and what it looks like, not what makes it tick.There are a couple of things I´m wondreing about, things that in my opinion will make or break it at a truly usefull tool.My impression is that there is no built in wifi or bluetooth, requiring either a solid connection or a wifi-adapter for function. I know there might be good reasons for not including either, price, rf-interference, rf-wear etc that might make the product more vulnerable, but not having some kind of wireless built in makes it a lot more cumbersome.Assuming full scene recall, I´m still wondering about the pots, they definitely look like analogue thingies and are certainly ringing my alarm bells as far as preamp recall goes.However, my main objection as an X32 owner is that this is not a product that really fits with my present investment in the X32 and S16, so I wouldn´t go out and buy it, but hold out for something not too dissimilar that would integrate better.And speaking of integration, if the Ultranet interface was extended to include an input, it would at least have the potential to serve double duty, doubling as a glorified P16 with more bells and whistles than you could possibly need. Would of course like to see AES50 on it as well, but I guess that will add too much to the price and only be useful for a minority of potential users.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Per SÃ¸vik, post: 65971, member: 1285"] Re: X16 Preview Dear Uli, while we don´t doubt that the tech platform is very similar between the two products, I personally believe that the tech in itself means very little, it is all a matter of what it can do and what it looks like, not what makes it tick. There are a couple of things I´m wondreing about, things that in my opinion will make or break it at a truly usefull tool. My impression is that there is no built in wifi or bluetooth, requiring either a solid connection or a wifi-adapter for function. I know there might be good reasons for not including either, price, rf-interference, rf-wear etc that might make the product more vulnerable, but not having some kind of wireless built in makes it a lot more cumbersome. Assuming full scene recall, I´m still wondering about the pots, they definitely look like analogue thingies and are certainly ringing my alarm bells as far as preamp recall goes. However, my main objection as an X32 owner is that this is not a product that really fits with my present investment in the X32 and S16, so I wouldn´t go out and buy it, but hold out for something not too dissimilar that would integrate better. And speaking of integration, if the Ultranet interface was extended to include an input, it would at least have the potential to serve double duty, doubling as a glorified P16 with more bells and whistles than you could possibly need. Would of course like to see AES50 on it as well, but I guess that will add too much to the price and only be useful for a minority of potential users. [/QUOTE]

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