[AG-TECH] ClearOne AccuMic PC Desktop Echo-Cancelling Microphone

[Derek Piper]

	To add my 2 cents, we them in use here on our Informatics nodes (one 
even rides around now on the mobile AG cart) and have often received 
compliments on how good the audio sounds. It's pick-up range isn't bad, 
but like any microphone you're going to have problems if distance varies 
greatly between one speaking participant and the next.

	Derek

R. P. Channing ["Rick"] Rodgers wrote:
> Dear AG Colleagues,
> 
> I am working with some collaborators to set up a set of AG nodes.  At least one
> of these will be in a small conference room.  They are understandably hesitant
> to invest in a $3000 Clearone (formerly Gentner) echo canceller (XAP400),
> and have pointed out an interesting echo-cancelling microphone, the ClearOne
> "AccuMic PC Desktop Echo-Cancelling Microphone", viewable at:
> 
>    http://mcsnetzone.com/clmifa.html
>    
> I'd feel happier about advising the purchase of this $600 unit if I could talk
> to one or more folks who have used it successfully in an AG setup.  Does anyone
> out there have experience with this unit?  If so, I'd be delighted to hear
> from you...
>    
> Thanks in advance, Rick Rodgers
> 
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Derek Piper - dcpiper at indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111
IRI 323, School of Informatics
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana