Poly Introduces Speakerphones To Bring Professional-Quality Audio to Home Offices

Poly (the company that resulted from the merger of Plantronics with Polycom) unveiled its Poly Sync Family, a new line of smart, USB and Bluetooth speakerphones. These new Poly are touted as smart because, among other things they use proprietary microphone technology to track the talker, not the noise. Appropriately, the new speaker line was announced during the Zoomtopia 2020 online event (focused on everything Zoom (the web conference company, not the Japanese audio brand), where the devices also were confirmed to be "Zoom Certified."

Expanding its range of products that are a great fit for home applications, from streaming and podcasting to home studios, Mackie expanded its EleMent Series of microphones, now with three versatile models with USB-C interface and power. All ideal solutions for web conferencing, presentations and podcasts. And because everyone needs comfortable headphones for those uses, Mackie launched the affordable MC-100 Professional Closed-Back Headphones expanding the range to five models.

New trends in telepresence, remote workflows, and online education drives demand for high performance USB microphones, cameras, and conversion tools. Marshall Electronics Inc., a manufacturer of professional audio and video products for UC&C, professional AV, and broadcast markets, has experienced a significant spike in demand for products that address web conferencing and online communications. MXL Microphones, the professional audio division of Marshall, is scaling production and support to meet increased demand.

Futuresource Consulting has announced the availability of its brand new Meeting Room Technology - Corporate End User Study, which highlights the opportunities for an ever-broadening range of suppliers to the this rapidly evolving and developing market sector. The new study highlights corporate end user and buyer behavior in the Corporate Meeting Room markets in USA, UK, France and Germany.