Mastering-grade AD/DA with Dante
The Neve StarNet ADA16 offers 16 channels of mastering-grade AD/DA with 32-bit/192kHz conversion and Dante connectivity. This top-of-the-line AD/DA converter boasts incredible dynamic range, vanishingly low distortion characteristics, and a flat frequency response, arming you with sound quality on par with the world's finest studios. You'll benefit from the simplicity of the ADA16's rear-panel DB-25 connectors, and its selectable headroom options ensure straightforward compatibility with an array of digital standards. You also get remote control capabilities for practical integration into larger facilities and a front-mounted OLED screen for at-a-glance access to the unit's network settings, sample rate, bit depth, and more. Efficient heat management rounds out the ADA16's mind-blowing features. When your studio demands the utmost in conversion quality, you can trust the Neve StarNet ADA16 to deliver the goods.
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Industry-leading digital
Studios requiring the absolute best in fidelity and sonic clarity will be well served by the StarNet ADA16. This gilt-edged unit boasts incredibly low ADC/DAC distortion specs of <0.0007% ADC and <0.0008 DAC, along with a ruler-flat frequency response of +/-0.1dBu at 5Hz–40kHz, extending to 2Hz–92kHz at +/-3dBu. You'll also benefit from mastering-grade A/D, brandishing 119dBFS of dynamic range, and pristine D/A, yielding 122dBFS of dynamic range. The ADA16 equips you with selectable headroom settings of +18, 24, or 26dBu, enabling you to accommodate the gamut of digital standards. The ADA16's crystal oscillator clocking system and jitter elimination DAC chips make it a rock-solid master clock for any high-end studio. Finally, the ADA16's dual Ethernet Dante ports permit both redundancy and straightforward daisy-chaining.
Premium-quality analog
Here at Sweetwater, we know a digital converter is only as good as its analog stage. Neve clearly understands this as well, given that the company's ADA16 flaunts an 88R-derived analog stage that exceeds a 100kHz frequency bandwidth, ensuring faithful translation of high-resolution 192kHz digital audio. The Neve StarNet ADA16's amplification stage is so stable, in fact, that it can drive extra-long cable runs without suffering from signal degradation.
User-friendly operation
Operating the StarNet ADA16 is a highly intuitive affair, thanks to its front-mounted OLED screen, which supplies you with easy visual access to your network settings, sample rate, bit depth, and more. Practical menu navigation buttons and input/output LEDs offer straightforward control for all 16 of the unit's analog inputs and outputs. The ADA16 also offers remote control capabilities, including remote muting of the unit's analog outputs to safeguard against audio spikes.
Neve StarNet ADA16 AD/DA Converter Features:
- 16 channels of industry-topping AD/DA with 32-bit/192kHz conversion and Dante connectivity
- Incredibly low ADC/DAC distortion specs of <0.0007% ADC and <0.0008 DAC
- Ruler-flat frequency response of +/-0.1dBu at 5Hz–40kHz, extending to 2Hz–92kHz at +/-3dBu
- Mastering-grade A/D, brandishing 119dBFS of dynamic range; pristine D/A, yielding 122dBFS of dynamic range
- 88R-derived analog stage exceeds a 100kHz frequency bandwidth for flawless translation of 192kHz audio
- Ultra-stable amplification stage can drive extra-long cable runs without suffering from signal degradation
- Selectable headroom settings of +18, 24, or 26dBu accommodate the gamut of digital standards
- Crystal oscillator clocking system and jitter elimination DAC chips ensure outstanding master clock performance
- Dual Ethernet Dante ports permit both redundancy and straightforward daisy-chaining
- Front-mounted OLED screen provides at-a-glance access to network settings, sample rate, bit depth, and more
- Practical menu navigation buttons and input/output LEDs offer straightforward control for the unit's analog I/O
- Remote control capabilities allow for practical integration into larger facilities
- Efficient heat management safeguards internal components
