Yamaha RIO1608 DANTE-ready I/O Rack Unit with 16 Mic / Line Inputs. The Yamaha Rio1608-D2 is a high-performance I/O Rack unit with built-in Dante audio networking. Designed and manufactured to achieve outstanding sonic transparency in keeping with Yamaha’s “natural sound” philosophy, it plays a vital role in supporting the performance capabilities of the associated console, offers extensive freedom for placement and multi-unit combinations, and allows redundancy for high reliability. Rio1608-D2 is not only a standard component of the RIVAGE PM7 Digital Mixing System, but is also fully compatible with CL and QL series digital mixing consoles, offering excellent audio and operational performance that makes the most of Dante networking potential available from WSL