--- "Paul A. Farrell" wrote: I noticed Gurcharan S. Khanna mentioned the Soundstation Premier with an additional "breakout" box to separate the signal from the power lines. In this case what is the breakout box and how does it perform. --- end of quote --- hi, the "breakout" box is simply a small junction box that separates the power from the signal of the Polycom (with an additional cable) and provides line level audio for inputs and outputs to a computer audio board or onboard auido. otherwise the polycom is just a telephone device. fyi, -gurcharan ================================= Gurcharan S. Khanna Associate Director Research Computing Dartmouth College 603-646-1644 http://research.dartmouth.edu http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gkhanna