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da ([personal profile] da) wrote2007-01-07 10:22 pm

Dear Lazyweb: speakerphone?

Anybody have a recommended high-quality speakerphone? Looking in the $100-150 USD range.

Thanks.

[identity profile] dcseain.livejournal.com 2007-01-08 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Landline or mobile?

[identity profile] da-lj.livejournal.com 2007-01-08 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Landline. Oldskool. :)

[identity profile] oldgrover.livejournal.com 2007-01-08 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Assuming you are talking about conference room speaker phones (ie, analog landline ones for meeting rooms), we use Polycom SoundStations - have for years and have been happy with them - no problems, good sound, good mics.

For reference, here they are at Tiger Direct :

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=1630

Might be more money, though. They really do aim at businesses - and most business don't sweat a few hundred bucks.

-OG

[identity profile] da-lj.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the recommendation. I'm not sure what I'm going to do; the (nonprofit) organization this is for really can't afford a $300 telephone, but we do need something better than the not-terribly-good phone we're using right now. And I'm having a hard time finding an OK looking speakerphone that isn't Polycom. *Sigh.*

[identity profile] oldgrover.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Talked to my phone guy at work today - he says "Ebay, Ebay, Ebay" - he just bought a SoundStation (regular $800) on Ebay for $80...

[identity profile] oldgrover.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Polycom-SoundStation-Premier-Phone-Conference-System_W0QQitemZ280066481661QQihZ018QQcategoryZ61835QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[identity profile] da-lj.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Hrm, interesting. Thanks.