Hi Marc, et al   
   On Mon 2012-Sep-10 01:12, Marc Lewis (1:396/3) wrote to All:   
      
   RW> Were I to make the jump today to digital snakes, lots of   
   RW> channels of audio down cat5 or something I'd go with the   
   RW> Audiorail system.  That would petty much lock me into the   
   RW> Yamaha digital console path, as Yamaha's interface cards   
   RW> support litepipe, which the audio rail uses.  I'd have a   
   RW> choice of a few mic pre front ends to the audiorail.   
      
   ML> I'm surprised that Audiorail doesn't make a "tail end" for that   
   ML> snake that would have traditional analog outs and ins, like a   
   ML> traditional snake does...   
      
   I am too, but I think they were getting the transport stuff   
   down, letting folks use commonly available mic pre front   
   ends that offer litepipe, then designing good low noise pres themselves for   
   the front end if the market took off.   
   Somehow though I don't think it's taken off quite like they   
   hoped.  I've even queried dealers who seemed to have an ear   
   to what's coming down the pipe as to what's still in the   
   golden vaporware stage of digital stage development, and   
   there's honestly little going on there, which is a big   
   surprise to me.  YOu and I both agree that those big bundles of copper would   
   be one of our first things to go on our wish lists.   
      
   I would have probably done the same in their shoes (the   
   audiorail folks that is) and left the design of the tails,   
   which are going to have to have the mic amp somewhere to   
   others.  Building high quality mic amps seems to be an   
   arcane art in and of itself.  Folks who do it well get a lot of kudos from the   
   production community, and that would be a   
   nut I wouldn't want to crack while getting the signal   
   transport stuff rigt.  Old adage goes about how you eat that elephant, one   
   bite at a time.   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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