Midas has announced the M8000 192kHz, eight-channel A/D converter.

‘Our Manchester [UK] Innovation team spent more than three years and close to US$1m to develop what we believe is the world’s best-sounding A/D converter,’ says Midas Enterprise & Entertainment Division Senoir VP, Andy Trott. ‘Based on advanced multi-bit delta-sigma architecture and a revolutionary high-speed TDM interface, the converter’s performance delivers close to 120dB of dynamic range with sampling rates up to 216kHz.

‘We are especially proud of the M8000’s audio performance, which industry standard components could not achieve. Pushing the envelope has always been at the heart of Midas and for decades, has been focusing on designing the world’s best mic preamps. For the first time in our history we now have found the perfect match between our preamps and an A/D converter that is able to capture every nuance of the microphone preamp and convert it into the digital domain. The audio results and sonic performance are simply astounding and have exceeded all our expectations.’

Midas will converting its mixing consoles to the new M8000 chip by end of 2016, and is considering upgrade kits for existing customers.

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