Currently using hAP ac with 5GHz theoretical max speed of 1300Mbps, I want to upgrade to WIFI 6, but the hAP ax2 specification shows 5GHz theoretical max speed of 1200Mbps, which is lower than the existing hAP ac. So it’s hard to convince myself to buy this product.
Thus, please consider to launch hAP ax products with AX3000 or above.
hAP AC2/3 is also only a two chain device, so it can’t possibly be faster - it maxes out at 866mbps. While I would also like to see more chains, most client devices are only two chain so the benefits in real world scenarios are limited.
hAP ac is actually 3 chain https://mikrotik.com/product/RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT
@OP: if we want to nitpick: hAP ax3 is an ax1800 device. And audience is ac3100 device. But @R1CH is right by saying none of ratings help much in most real-life scenarios where clients can go up to 1200 (theoretically) or around 600Mbps (practically). More chains (e.g. 4 in case of audience’s high 5GHz radio) doesn’t give throughput boost, it rather helps in sub-ideal conditions (beam forming etc.)
More chains do help wrt MU-MIMO.
The cpu/ram would also need to be adjusted to handle the extra load.
It sure does (if clients are MU-MIMO capable as well). So does having 3+ radios (like Audience has). But for single client throughput all of that matters very little (none to be exact apart from beam forming which can enhance SINR a bit and thus gives better single-user throughput when that user is in non-ideal radio conditions which already affect throughput).
My impression is that most users asking for ax5000+ performance are not concerned about massive multi-user combined performance, they somehow expect to get to multi-gig single-user performance. Which won’t happen.
Ah yeah, forgot the original was 3 chain, but the CPU is too weak to actually get more throughput than 2 chains.
I’d pick up the Audience and wait for 6e or 7.
Any roadmap for Wi-Fi 6/6E AX3000 above?
Let’s hope 2024 is the year of the Audience ax 
It’s Q4 2024 now: Any update or timeline for a hAP ax with AX3000 or above?
The wAP ax appears to be AX3000:
https://mikrotik.com/product/wap_ax
Thank you! looks like… was not on my radar as for outdoor use. And quite small RAM.
Anyway: As long as the wAP ax can be used a fast AP with POE and managed by CAPSman from RB3011this would be already an option by now.
In general: This makes me feel good about having more AX3000-APs to come from MT.
Wouldn’t replace my hAP AC with an AX1800 device - doesn’t worth the money. But AX3000 is a progress
announced recently Chateau PRO ax
with 4-chain AX radios
Good to see the Chateau PRO ax as well in the MT lineup, thank you. But a bit huge (in size and price) for APs 
This thread was more for APs as far as I understood it. And my CAPSMAN backend (in my case: RB3011) is in the basement and doesn’t need WiFi itself.
BTW: Wondering to see the physical effort of 4x4, but resulting in AX3600 “only”. If MT spend the effort for 4x4, why not with 160MHz width to reach the top with AX6000? Probably I’m not deep enough into the tech. details and there are more prerequesites to reach AX6000. And this is OT here.
Maybe I’m totally wrong, but does it make sense to have an AP (as Bridge with LAN) with AX1800 or AX3000 = > 1Gb, but the device has just a 1Gb LAN, not 2.5Gb? Wouldn’t this restrict it to “AX1000” max?
Hence, should the wAP ax not have a 2.5Gb LAN port to make AX3000 possible?
Wifi marketing shizzle is one way, while the wired connection is two way.
Though I do agree the benefits…not all traffic is always through a single wired port. If you, i.e. use a NAS it could be beneficial.
In the end, the shizzle is about theoretical maximum connection speed and has nothing to do with real life network speeds. It just sounds so…
For the reactivity/latency an surfing/gaming on one hand (FTTH) - for this I think AX has some benefits (compared to AC) beside the throughput - no other wire needed for that. I’m with you.
But as well download (e.g. gaming laptop updates/download from Valve) or moving VM from NAS. There 2.5 Gb LAN would be needed for realizing AX1800 or AX3000, right? With 1Gb LAN the limit is something like “AX1000” - even in best constellation I do have often: just 1-2m from AP without walls.