-=> Quoting Terry Smith to Robert Baron <=-
 MN> The best splitter
 MN> to use is commercially available (or you can build one) using Jensen
 MN> transformers for (passive) which are by far the most superior.
I prefer the BSS active splitters, myself. Of course 24 channels of that
sort of thing doesn't come cheap. The transformers aren't ideal, but
they are cheap, and the Jensen or Crimson are an effective soloution.
TS> That's enough in my book to wonder why not go one step further and
 TS> switch to preamps on stage and fiber optic snakes.
 Now that would be expensive! It is also an unnecessary A to D conversion
 and back again. This is not ideal, unless you are running a digital
 console, or very long signal runs, where you are less likely to notice
 the degradation caused by the conversion process. This sort of 
 technology is getting better all the time, however, and we may see a 
 viable soloution soon....... TTYL
... A rolling stone gathers momentum.
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