The 1RU DN9680 Multi Channel AES50 Extender from Klark Teknik is designed to stream up to 192 bidirectional channels of 24 bit audio up to 1,000 m via optical fiber or 100 m via CAT5 copper cable. The DN9680 takes 8 AES50 connections and converts them to a gigabit Ethernet snake format for transport to another DN9680 to be re-converted to 8 AES50 connections on a port-for-port basis. The extender includes Neutrik etherCON connectors for the AES50 and copper snake ports and a Neutrik opticalCON DUO connector for the optical snake port.