Re: [AG-TECH] Personal Access Grid Audio

[Michael Miller <mimiller@ncsa.uiuc.edu>]

Jason,

Take a look at the Polycom 
SoundStation. 
http://www.polycom.com/products_services/1,1443,pw-34-181,00.html

We've had great success using these with several pigs.  The sound quality 
is lacking as it was meant for use over the phone, and there's an extra box 
you need to buy to connect it to the computer, but all in all it gets the 
job done.

You might also look at the AccuMic:
http://www.clearone.com/product_service/product_detail.php?prodid=76

to use in conjunction with a regular set of speakers.  The only trouble 
I've had with this is the connections which are a bit counterintutive to 
the typical user, but make sense to the node op that understands how echo 
cancellation is done.  Also, the sound quality on these is pretty good and 
you can daisy chain them together.

Hope this helps.

MYK

At 08:01 AM 5/10/2005, Jason Wood wrote:
> Hi,
>         I have a vague recollection of a microphone/speaker combo that
> had builtin echo cancellation that people were using for personal
> access grids, is this correct or have a dreamt it ? If it is real
> can someone remind me of the name of the model and company that
> produces it. Also, does anyone have any experience of such devices
> or alternative strategies for audio for PIGs other than headphone/
> headmic sets.
>
> TIA
> ------------
> jason