As the heart of Hear Technologies' Hear Back OCTO personal monitoring system, the Hear Back OCTO Hub supplies both signal and power to up to eight Hear Back OCTO Mixers. You'll benefit from three switch-selectable input sources, comprising analog, ADAT optical, and HearBus. Moreover, you'll experience top-shelf sound with 24-bit D/A converters, while 44.1kHz and 48kHz sample rates provide convenient flexibility. Here at Sweetwater, users have also daisy-chained multiple Hear Back OCTO Hubs for straightforward system expansion. Complete with multicolor 4-level metering for keeping an eye on your levels, the Hear Technologies Hear Back OCTO Hub delivers a streamlined, scalable solution for professional audio monitoring for studios, live sound setups, and broadcast environments alike.
Whether onstage or in the studio, the Hear Technologies Hear Back OCTO personal monitoring system ensures that you hear your mix exactly as you intend. This scalable system features 24-bit D/A conversion, yielding excellent audio fidelity, and it supports analog, ADAT optical, and HearBus input sources. Each Hear Back OCTO Mixer provides local control of up to 10 audio channels — eight mix inputs and a stereo auxiliary input — and the system works with headphones, wired and wireless in-ear monitors, and conventional floor wedges. The Hear Back OCTO Hub delivers both signal and power over standard Ethernet cable, and it permits extremely long digital cables with zero loss of audio quality. High-power, low-distortion headphone amplifiers round out this stellar personal monitoring system, giving you elevated custom mixes in any live, studio, or broadcast scenario.


Leveraging decades of engineering expertise and attentive audio research, Hear Technologies has built a reputation for delivering not only a reliable lineup of creative-minded products, but also the knowledge and expertise that go hand in hand with every design. Committed to durability and top-shelf sound, the company arms musicians and producers with user-friendly monitoring tools that keep workflows seamless and performances sounding their best — whether it’s the renowned Hear Back PRO and OCTO systems, Mix Back controllers, or a range of external audio accessories. Today, Hear Technologies continues this decades-long practice with a focus on integrability and versatility, serving everyone from traveling musicians to mobile studios.
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Personal Monitor Hub |
| Compatibility | Octo Mixers |
| Number of Ports | 8 x Mixer Outputs |
| Connection Type | RJ45 |
| Output Channels | 8 |
| Analog Inputs | 1 x DB-25 (DA-88 format) |
| Digital Inputs | 1 x Optical Toslink (ADAT) |
| Data I/O | 2 x RJ45 (Hearbus in/out) |
| Rack Spaces | 1U |
| Power Source | Standard IEC AC cable |
| Height | 1.75" |
| Width | 19" |
| Depth | 5" |
| Weight | 3.9 lbs. |
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