RDL AV-NH1 Dante Network to Stereo Headphone Amplifier

The RDL AV-NH1 pulls a stereo pair straight off a Dante network and drives it into a pair of headphones, giving an engineer or a talent position a clean local monitor without a separate console feed. It accepts a Dante stream at up to 24-bit / 96 kHz and applies no coloration of its own, so what you hear on the headphones is what is on the network. A single adjustable level control sets the volume for both output jacks at once.

Connection to the network is on an RJ45 Neutrik etherCON port, with LED indicators for sync status and for Ethernet link and speed. Headphones connect on both a 1/4-inch and a 3.5 mm TRS jack, each delivering 100 mW into 100 ohms at a 0 dBFS network level. The AV-NH1 can run from a PoE network switch or an external 24 Vdc supply; with both present it runs from the external supply and switches seamlessly to PoE if that supply is lost. It is engineered and built in the USA in a durable metal enclosure, and no special software is needed to configure it.