[Darryl Ramm]

You are comparing a new product and a product at its end of life. And when Avid runs down the HD IO they can lower the price of the MTRX.

Do I need to draw a picture... Avid has exited making interfaces, the HD IO will be their last. They no longer have the technical resources to develop interfaces, and exiting that may be the best idea anyhow. They are now rebadging other companies products. Same in the video space. Anybody’s equipping a studio should think through what IO chassis they want to deploy and what one will be more flexible and have a long term future.

The HD IO is not competitive against products like the Apogee Symphony (more flexible, twice the density), and Avid needed a story with monitoring control etc. and seemed to have made a good decision. Hopefully as well the Dante story will become more important in future.

And that pricing comparison is not quite fair as the MTRX chassis has more IO expansion/flexibility compared to a HD IO.

If you want lowest cost 16x16 class IO there are lots of options out there, including non DigiLink interfaces. The HD IO just dies not look that competitive, say compared to an Apogee Symphony II or some similar products.

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