Refurbished Phone Exchange Blog — conference phones

The Polycom SoundStation 2 is an analog conference phone built to provide high quality audio conference calls. With Polycom’s Acoustic Clarity Technology and support for dynamic noise reduction, the SoundStation 2 remains one of the most popular conference phones on the market. As an analog conference phone, it uses the G.711 mu-law codec to generate phone conversations, allowing for broad inter-operability. Is the Polycom SoundStation 2 Right For Me? The Polycom SoundStation 2 is directly compatible with traditional phone lines when a phone system is not used. These include digital phone lines from a cable provider such as Comcast or...

  Polycom SoundStation Conference phones come in many different variations. These include analog units such as the original SoundStation and SoundStation 2 conference phones, specific digital models for certain phone systems, and even the newer IP conference phones.   With the older SoundStation units, they came in two different versions. These are the Ex and Non-Ex versions. Ex stands for expandable. Expandable conference phones accept additional microphones in addition to the three microphones built into the unit.   SoundStation Ex conference phones are best used in large conference rooms where there are multiple participants who all need to be heard....

As your company grows, often your conference phone will need to grow with it. When you’re a small company or a small team, a single conference phone unit can pick up the voice of all your team members. When the meeting gets larger though, it can be much harder for all of your team to be heard by those on the other end of the call. By using expandable microphones, you can ensure everyone in the room is heard crystal clear.   Not every Polycom conference phone can accept external microphones. The SoundStation 2 conference phones come in two variations,...