[AG-TECH] use of polycom with AG

[Julia Mullen]

HI Mike -

Thanks - that is exactly the kind of info I needed.  I will encourage
the folks not to scrounge and use the polycom, but instead to get a
real echo cancelling mic.

:-)

Julie

On 12/14/05, Michael Miller <mimiller at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Julie,
>
> We often use the Polycom SoundStation in AG PIGs.  One caveat is you
> need to purchase their Video Interconnect box to connect the sound
> station to your sound card.  There also seems to be an impedance
> mismatch which requires that you keep your inpout levels very low,
> almost off.  Also, for the price I personally don't think the audio
> quality is very good.  Polycom's audio seems to be tuned for use over
> the phone which is much lower quality audio than the capabilities of AG.
>
> My $0.02
>
> MYK
>
> Julia Mullen wrote:
>
> >Hi Folks,
> >
> >I vaguely remember some discussion of using a polycom microphone for
> >AG purposes.  Can anyone tell me how well this works?  Are there any
> >pitfalls that I should avoid?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >  Julie
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Thanx,
>
> Michael Miller
> System Engineer
> Video Technology Services
> Persistent Infrastructure Directorate
> National Center for Supercomputing Applications
> University of Illinois - UC
> 217-649-074
>
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