"This is the first time we have worked with DirectOut, and they couldn't have been more helpful," affirmed Aleksey Marko, head of procurement for 1+1 Media. "It's rather a long story and of course our political situation has not helped matters, but the short version is, that having purchased an Evertz video router for the new TV centre, we needed a solution to be able to combine all of our audio devices with the router.
"Our audio engineer, Alex Stremovskiy, did a lot of research and came across DirectOut who seemed to offer what we were looking for. DirectOut's rapid and detailed responses to our questions gave us the confidence to buy on spec, and we are extremely pleased with our decision.
"The equipment is technically sophisticated, robust and stable, and offers us a huge amount of flexibility and scalability in our routing choices where we have equipment from Riedel (MediorNet), Artist, Studer, Soundcraft, Calrec and of course Evertz and DirectOut all on the same network. It's also much more cost-effective than a number of other options we considered and the back-up and technical support we have received from DirectOut is second to none."
As a result, when it came to specifying equipment for the OB van upgrades to full HD, the 1+1 Media technical department had no hesitation in turning to DirectOut for their ANDIAMO.XT AES/MADI converters and breakout boxes. "We could have used the dedicated Calrec solution as they supplied the consoles for the upgrade, but having already used the DirectOut converters in another guise, we knew them to be extremely high quality, 100% reliable, and again, much more cost-effective, and so ultimately a much more satisfactory solution for us.
"We have three ANDIAMO.XT devices in total, each equipped with sample rate converters on the AES inputs, and with BNC/SC ports for the Alfacam van with switchable converter sensitivity of up to +18dBu. They work perfectly and I'm delighted to count DirectOut as one of our key suppliers."
(Jim Evans)
