From their announcement today: (Re-Posting after asking permission to do so.) This is a soft release and the item isn't available for regular ordering.
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"After extensive design, development, testing and direct consultation with experts across the globe we are excited to finally release the H2-4D. I would like to personally thank the many dozens of engineers, external consultants and the team at Dolby for assisting us to make this product an elegant solution to support the audio industry’s transition to object-based audio production."
(accepting orders from 1st September for delivery December 2021)
USD4,860.00 including freight
CONVERT up to 16 Channels of HDMI audio simultaneously to:
DANTE® (AES67 included)
BALANCED ANALOG
HDMI® (Audio Only)
AES/EBU (AES3)
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
Decoding up to 16 channels at 44.1kHz/48kHz/88.2kHz/96kHz/176.4kHz/192kHz
16 & 24 bit compatible
Full ARC & eARC support
ARC & eARC Lip-sync delay
HDMI 2.0 pass-through output
Includes Power over Ethernet (PoE)
GUI for system set up (via Ethernet)
Ethernet access for firmware upgrades
Object based rendering from 5.1.2 to 9.1.6
Decoding status LED (Dolby/Green, DTS/Blue, PCM/Purple)
Both HDMI OUTS have EDID emulation for stable device / system communication
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Quite the expense, but this should solve a ton of issues if it can be used as a consumer device. You could for example mix analogue active speakers and Genelec monitors with XLR and AES respectively, while having surround sound speakers use a Dante adapter to go over Ethernet to hard to reach locations.
Whether it measures well or not with the analogue outputs, the digital capabilities would be wonderful, and you can always get your own device to go from Dante>Analog.
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"After extensive design, development, testing and direct consultation with experts across the globe we are excited to finally release the H2-4D. I would like to personally thank the many dozens of engineers, external consultants and the team at Dolby for assisting us to make this product an elegant solution to support the audio industry’s transition to object-based audio production."
(accepting orders from 1st September for delivery December 2021)
USD4,860.00 including freight
CONVERT up to 16 Channels of HDMI audio simultaneously to:
DANTE® (AES67 included)
BALANCED ANALOG
HDMI® (Audio Only)
AES/EBU (AES3)
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
Decoding up to 16 channels at 44.1kHz/48kHz/88.2kHz/96kHz/176.4kHz/192kHz
16 & 24 bit compatible
Full ARC & eARC support
ARC & eARC Lip-sync delay
HDMI 2.0 pass-through output
Includes Power over Ethernet (PoE)
GUI for system set up (via Ethernet)
Ethernet access for firmware upgrades
Object based rendering from 5.1.2 to 9.1.6
Decoding status LED (Dolby/Green, DTS/Blue, PCM/Purple)
Both HDMI OUTS have EDID emulation for stable device / system communication
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Quite the expense, but this should solve a ton of issues if it can be used as a consumer device. You could for example mix analogue active speakers and Genelec monitors with XLR and AES respectively, while having surround sound speakers use a Dante adapter to go over Ethernet to hard to reach locations.
Whether it measures well or not with the analogue outputs, the digital capabilities would be wonderful, and you can always get your own device to go from Dante>Analog.