Ionic vs Tactus - Soundgrid stage boxes

This is a comparison of two stage boxes for the Soundgrid network. I take a look at Waves Ionic 16 and Crest Audio Tactus .Stage. I show you all the features and give you audio examples from both boxes.

00:00 Intro
01:18 Tactus .Stage
02:51 Ionic 16
04:30 Software
09:18 Audio examples
12:11 My thoughts

Let me know if you have any questions.

[Gregsound]

I wish they would add a switch to the Ionic boxes. I love that about the crest box.

[MrWillihelmdueck]

Thanks for the comparison! I only have DiGiGrid IO but I am very happy with it. The IOX are perfect for wired inears as they have 4 headphone outs. I have a few of them distributed across the stage and one at FOH so I do not need to have analoge sub snakes. They are even more cost effective compared to other options. They have high quality preamps as well. Never had any issues.

[hillde]

Thanks for the comparison, nice Video!
Im about to purchase an Ionic 24. The only thing im a little concerned about is that i heard more often about cheap Ethernet cables, not only in Hosts and servers, but also in dspro's. What do you think about this with the Ionic stageboxes?

[jthunderbass]

I wish that Ionic had 8 outputs on the back. That would make it 16 by 16. I also wish that the rack ears were reversable. That way you could mount it backwards in a rack and have a splitter wired to it much easier. It would make wiring my external inserts that I used cleaner. I love the Ionic, I just wish It had more outputs on the back. They could even fit 2 AES in and outs on the back and still have room for 8 analog outs.

[chuckwallatouring]

Thanks for this comparison. How are the headphone outs on the Ionics?

[bobbyhartanto]

Hi Joe, does the ionic aes input can receive aes signal from other sound processing device that has aes signal from its output (like axe fractal audio axe fx 3) and can be routed to some channels in the mixer ?

[mtdrainer]

I tried to get a Tactus Stage before buying my SG4000. I was told by multiple distributors that it was discontinued. I also reached out to Peavey multiple times to confirm but got no response. From my perspective, all evidence points to it being a discontinued product. Maybe someone else can confirm otherwise 🤷‍♂️.

[tychristensen]

Hey Joe, have you ever had a problem with your Tactus Stage muting all inputs until you change the gain on one of the input channels? I have, and it's rather unnerving to have a whole box worth of inputs suddenly go silent. I find myself not using the Tactus, and sticking to my STG's instead...just because of this issue.

[AlexeyF-hb]

did you work with digigrid IOX? how would you compare it to ionic?