Kinda old news they're just removing the old trial balloon iX16. Back in October Uli hinted at this carefully.
Re: Uli Behringer of The Music Group Q&A
Dear William,
We have decided to redesign the iX16 and make fundamental changes based on very valuable customer feedback. However at this stage we are not able to talk about it in more detail.
While we understand that there are many customers waiting for the iX16, once the unit will be released, I am sure you will agree that it was worth the wait. With the exception of the iX16, we have now concluded the shipment of all other X32 mixers which we introduced at Namm 2013.
Our German engineering team is feverishly working on the new and very powerful 2.0 firmware upgrade for the X32 Series and we hope to show a Beta version at Namm.
Warm regards
Uli
So at NAMM 2014 we will see the new iX16 (maybe?). I'm waiting for a reply to my follow up on this. Responses are hit and miss with Uli.