Klark Teknik DN9680 8-Port AES50 Extender and Multiplexer

The DN9680 exists because AES50 over CAT5 stops at 100 metres. A pair of them multiplexes eight AES50 connections, 192 bidirectional channels, onto one snake run of single-mode optical fibre up to 1000 metres, or 100 metres of CAT5 copper.

Each unit bundles its eight incoming AES50 streams onto the outgoing snake and unbundles the returning snake back to the corresponding eight ports, so the pair behaves as a straight one-to-one extension of the network rather than a routing layer. Clocking runs off a 1 ppm temperature-controlled crystal oscillator with internal, external AES50 or external snake sources. The DN9680-MM module fits when the run is multimode fibre.

AES50 ports	8 (192 bidirectional channels)
Reach	Up to 1000 m single-mode fibre, 100 m CAT5 copper
Sample rate	48 kHz or 96 kHz
Optical fibre	Single-mode dual fibre, multimode dual fibre with DN9680-MM
Internal clock	Temperature-controlled crystal oscillator (TCXO), 1 ppm stability
Clock sources	Internal, external AES50, external snake
Mains	3-pin IEC, 100 to 240 VAC, 50 to 60 Hz
Power consumption	Under 50 W
Dimensions (W x H x D)	483 x 44 x 412 mm (19" x 1 U x 16.2")
Net weight	5.1 kg (11.2 lbs)