User`s guide
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Version 1.2 July 2010
Appendix C: Specifications and Warranty
Axia System Specifications
Microphone Preampliers 
•  Source Impedance: 150 ohms 
•  Input Impedance: 4 k ohms minimum, balanced 
•  Nominal Level Range: Adjustable, -75 dBu to -20 dBu 
•  Input Headroom: >20 dB above nominal input 
•  Output Level: +4 dBu, nominal 
Analog Line Inputs 
•  Input Impedance: >40 k ohms, balanced 
•  Nominal Level Range: Selectable, +4 dBu or -10dBv 
•  Input Headroom: 20 dB above nominal input 
Analog Line Outputs 
•  Output Source Impedance: <50 ohms balanced 
•  Output Load Impedance: 600 ohms, minimum 
•  Nominal Output Level: +4 dBu 
•  Maximum Output Level: +24 dBu 
Digital Audio Inputs and Outputs 
•  Reference Level: +4 dBu (-20 dB FSD)
•  Impedance: 110 Ohm, balanced (XLR) 
•  Signal Format: AES-3 (AES/EBU) 
•  AES-3  Input  Compliance:  24-bit  with  selectable  sample  rate  conversion,  32  kHz  to  96kHz  input  sample  rate  
capable. 
•  AES-3 Output Compliance: 24-bit 
•  Digital Reference: Internal (network timebase) or external reference 48 kHz, +/- 2 ppm 
•  Internal Sampling Rate: 48 kHz 
•  Output Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz 
•  A/D Conversions: 24-bit, Delta-Sigma, 256x oversampling 
•  D/A Conversions: 24-bit, Delta-Sigma, 256x oversampling 
•  Latency <3 ms, mic in to monitor out, including network and processor loop 
Frequency Response
•  Any input to any output: +0.5 / -0.5 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz 
Dynamic Range 
•  Analog Input to Analog Output: 102 dB referenced to 0 dBFS, 105 dB “A” weighted to 0 dBFS 
•  Analog Input to Digital Output: 105 dB referenced to 0 dBFS 
•  Digital Input to Analog Output: 103 dB referenced to 0 dBFS, 106 dB “A” weighted 










