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AUDIO-TECHNICA SPECTRAPULSE®
CHOSEN FOR REMODELED MAIN BOARDROOM FOR A HIGH PROFILE MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA-BASED
VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP
— Audio-Technica’s award-winning SpectraPulse® products
use Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology to deliver teleconference audio
with ultimate security and no interference —
STOW, OH, December 3, 2008 — Audio-Technica
announces that its award-winning SpectraPulse® technology has been
selected for the newly-remodeled boardroom for a high-profile Menlo
Park, California-based venture capital group. California corporate system
integrator Anderson Audio Visual chose SpectraPulse to provide clear,
secure wireless audio for the boardroom’s teleconferencing system.
A completely new application of Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, SpectraPulse
bypasses the increasingly congested RF environment to deliver clear,
intelligible, secure audio without the performance and setup issues
associated with conventional wireless systems.
“In boardroom settings, clients often have problems
with group conference calls, in which the parties on both ends of the
call have difficulty hearing the audio,” said Andrew Hancox, Anderson
Audio Visual representative. “So we had to design a system that
would help them make the calls more effective. In addition, security
was a concern, as these calls are often confidential and they need to
be certain that no one else has access to the frequency, and also that
no other devices can interfere with the clear signal. Additionally,
milling their existing boardroom table to accommodate wired microphones
was not an option, because it has moving panels on the top that need
to be operational. We decided on SpectraPulse not only because it provides
remarkably clear audio, and the system is easy to set up and stow, but
also because A-T’s use of Ultra Wideband technology more than
meets the users’ security needs.”
When in use, the system consists of seven Audio-Technica
mtu101 Microphone Transmitter Units (in a boundary mic design), which
can be easily removed from the conference table and placed in the cei007
Charger Encryption Interface, located in a nearby credenza. These mics
operate in conjunction with the drm141 Digital Receiver Module, which
is mounted in the ceiling and is connected via Category 5 (Cat 5 cable)
to the aci707 Audio Control Interface, which permanently resides in
an equipment closet adjacent to the conference room. Other products
are integrated into the system and all are controlled via an AMX Touch
Panel, which is used for phone dialing and settings. The aci707 connects
via a RS-232 cable for control of its encryption settings.
“The client is thrilled with it,” stated Hancox.
“It was a bit of a change for them, but after their first call
they were very happy. The reports from the far end were that people
could hear them much better and it made the calls more effective, obviously
making the project a unanimous success.”
To demonstrate the system’s immunity to outside
signals, Anderson Audio Visual representatives tested it with a number
of PDAs and wireless handheld devices in use, which routinely cause
interference with non-SpectraPulse systems. Hancox stated, “Key
personnel at the end user were very impressed. We had several BlackBerry®-type
devices in there, and the system was absolutely impervious to the tick.”
For more information on SpectraPulse, in addition to Audio-Technica’s
entire line of acclaimed microphones and related products, please visit
www.audio-technica.com.
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