Allen & Heath DX168 16-In, 8-Out Stage Box

Description

The DX168 is a 16-input, 8-output expander built to sit on a stage floor. Rubber bumpers and a carry handle make it easy to set and strike each week, and at 4.8kg it travels well. An optional 4U kit mounts it in a 19-inch rack.

Why Churchfront specifies it

The DX168 is our standard stage box for portable churches and a scaled-back option for smaller permanent rooms. It covers a typical full-band lineup, and when a church outgrows it, a second DX168 daisy-chains onto the first without replacing anything.

Key features

• 16 mic preamps with +60dB of gain, a -20dB pad and phantom power indicators
• 8 balanced, relay-protected XLR line outputs
• Rugged stage box format with rubber bumpers and a carry handle
• Up to 100m from the mixer over a single Cat5e cable on a locking etherCON
• Second etherCON for redundant connection or daisy-chaining a second DX expander
• Optional 4U rack mounting kit
• Plug-and-play: no configuration, firmware updates handled by the mixer

Works with

SQ and SQ+, Avantis, dLive, 96kHz Qu models and AHM processors, directly or through a DX Hub or GX4816.

Learn more from Churchfront

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Planning a full system?

This listing is the component. Most churches get the best result when the console, stage boxes, monitoring and network are designed together around the room and the team that runs it. If you would like help putting that system together, our consulting team can walk through it with you, or send us a note.