PreSonus has announced the availability of a SL-Dante-SPK card for its StudioLive AI-series Active Integration loudspeakers.
Claiming the StudioLive AI-series to be the first Dante-enabled active loudspeakers on the market, Presonus is offering the card for use with the with StudioLive 312AI, 315AI, 328AI and 328i loudspeakers, and the StudioLive 18sAI subwoofer.
The SL-Dante-SPK card houses one Ethercon connection for Dante audio networking and remote control via the free SL Room Control application for StudioLive AI-series loudspeakers. Dante-enabled StudioLive AI-series three-way active loudspeakers allow the creation of a networked audio system with any Dante-enabled mixer using a standard 1Gb Ethernet switch and Audinate’s Dante digital-media networking technology.
Users can also connect non-Dante mixers, such as a first-generation StudioLive, to the analogue inputs of a Dante-equipped AI loudspeaker and then broadcast the signal over the Dante network using Cat5, for use in large FOH systems.
The SL-Dante-SPK card is available from PreSonus dealers and from the StudioLive AI Loudspeaker Accessories store, with an expected MAP/street price of US$199.