Aaron, do you know if these require digital or analog phone lines? That's
another problem we ran into was an incompatibility in that respect. Thanks.

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Aaron Zirbes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Newer polycom phones can be used as just a mic and speaker setup.
> On Oct 20, 2011 3:22 PM, "Karen Anderson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hopefully this is a good place to ask this question and I apologize if it
>> is not.
>>
>> We conducted our first UMConnect staff meeting today with people at two
>> locations. Our weakest link is the microphone. We had a multidirectional
>> microphone (rather old) and unless people actually held it and talked right
>> into it, the sound was not good enough for the remote sites. This would work
>> if it were just a few people but we have a long table with seats for 14 and
>> so it wasn't possible to reach the microphone from one end of the table to
>> another.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a good microphone, to use with a MAC, for a conference
>> room (not huge but not small either), preferably a USB connector? We want a
>> really powerful one that will pick up voices all around the table. We have
>> another meeting next week where we will be videoconferencing, so I was
>> hoping to maybe purchase something before Thursday.
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance.
>>
>> Karen
>>
>>