MSX 48 Architects' Specifications

The Microphone/Line Splitter shall be a sixteen channel unit in a steel chassis eight inches (200mm) deep and three rack units high.

Each channel shall have its input and two outputs on the front panel plus an auxiliary output on the rear panel. The Input and the Main outputs shall be hard wired to allow Phantom power to pass through. The Monitor and Auxiliary channels shall be transformer isolated. Duplicates of the Monitor and Aux splits shall be provided on two sets of dual 25 pin D sub connectors on the rear panel, wired to the Tascam wiring protocol.

The Input headroom shall be 300 Ohms, and the frequency response shall be 30 Hz to 20 KHz, ±1dB. Insertion loss shall be 0.5dB @ 1 KHz with a 600 Ohm source and load.

The Output impedance shall be 600 ohms transformer balanced on the Monitor and Auxiliary outputs of each channel. The maximum Output level shall be +20dB. Total Harmonic Distortion shall be 0.2% @ 20dBm, 30 Hz to 20 KHz. Audio Grounds shall not be connected; Pin 1 shall be floating.
 
A chassis Ground screw terminal shall be provided on the rear panel.

The Transformer Balanced Microphone/Line Splitter shall be the ARX MSX 48.