Can I mix and match equipment – such as amplifiers and mixers or digital audio processors – from different manufacturers?
This is where things can get messy. The problem with the audio industry is that it has not embraced standards to the same degree as other sectors. There are a number of different digital audio connections and network standards, and they are all incompatible with each other. This problem isn’t going to change anytime soon. So when specifying a system, all the equipment has to use the same network standard. For each possible implementation of a system you will be limited to a group of manufacturers that adopt each standard. This is changing all the time. Some manufacturers have licensed several network standards, so you just need to order the correct version of the product. There is a lot of sitting on the fence since no one is sure which of the rival standards will become the dominant one. In most products, the networking is on an interchangeable card, so just because one product doesn’t adopt the network you are using now, doesn’t mean that they won’t announce compatibility in the futu
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