Description
The ADA8200 is a professional analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue interface in a 1U package. Its primary role is to provide audio inputs & outputs for recording with a digital audio workstation (DAW). It uses an ADAT-format, 8-channel digital interface to connect with the DAW
The ADA8200 replaces the ADA8000. It is ideal as an eight channel expander for interfaces like the RME Fireface 800 or Focusrite Saffire which have ADAT connections. It offers a quick & easy way of adding eight additional audio channels
Inputs & outputs
- 8 Microphone inputs on XLR connectors with switchable phantom power
- 8 Line-level inputs on jack sockets
- 8 Analogue line-level outputs on XLR connectors
- 8 Digital inputs & outputs via 2 ADAT optical connections
- 1 Digital sync input / output via BNC sync connector
- Sync source switch
- Word Clock slave
- ADAT input slave
- 44.1 KHz internal master clock
- 48 KHz internal master clock
External sync can be from Word Clock or ADAT data stream or the ADA8200 can sync to its internal clock
The provision of mic and line level inputs, with jacks and XLRs, makes it easy to patch in audio sources and audio quality is excellent
The ADA8200 (and 8000 before it) are great examples of Behringer hitting the nail on the head. It’s simple, effective and well-priced and has become a common sight in studio racks
Sound on Sound has this to say:
“The marketing tag-line for the ADA 8200 should be something like ‘the king is dead; long live the king!’ because the new model is, in every practical way, exactly the same as the old. It has the same I/O, the same controls, the same operation, and the same restrictions. Yes, there are welcome improvements in the tech specs, but they really are only small improvements. On a more practical level, the muting and ADAT sync issues associated with the later batches of the original ADA 8000 have been addressed, and there is better gain-knob precision and linearity, in part because the frustrating detents of the original model have been removed. In use, the converters sound noticeably sweeter and cleaner, and the mic preamp is also a little quieter and more neutral, but nothing here is setting any benchmarks.
The bottom line is that the ADA 8200 is a convenient, low-budget, workaday ADAT interface and eight-channel preamp. It’s nothing special, but it is very handy and very cost-effective — and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s also usefully and noticeably better than the original version. That’s probably going to ensure that the ADA 8200 will take the honour of becoming Behringer’s best-selling product.”
Supplied with a pair of optical digital cables. UK, EU or US power cable supplied on request
