The Complete Handbook of Conference Phones
A Practical Reference for Buyers, Installers, and IT Professionals
by Alumigogo Books
non-fiction
From microphone arrays to network jitter, learn how to select, install, and maintain the right conference phone for any room.
About this book
The Complete Handbook of Conference Phones is your practical, vendor-neutral guide to a piece of technology that is often overlooked but essential to modern business. It cuts through marketing jargon to explain the technical specifications that actually matter, from pickup patterns and echo cancellation to Bluetooth codecs and Power over Ethernet. Whether you are equipping a 2-person huddle room or a 20-person boardroom, this book provides the decision-making framework you need.
Reader Reviews
Matthew Nguyen
★★★★★Finally, a reference that doesn't read like a spec sheet or a sales pitch. The chapter on understanding microphone arrays alone saved me from buying the wrong unit for our long conference table. As someone who'd already torn my hair out over a cheap USB speakerphone that picked up the HVAC but not the person at the far end, the section on DSP and pickup patterns was incredibly validating and useful. This book is genuinely the first thing I'll hand to our IT intern.
John Johnson
★★★★★It's solid, and I learned a few things about the newer network-connected devices, but I felt the chapter on brands was a bit too hesitant to call out specific failures. I get the whole 'vendor-neutral' thing, but a little more detail on real-world reliability anecdotes would've made it a 4-star for me. The troubleshooting section on how to properly test for echo is really well done, but I wish it had included a few more diagrams for the physical wiring aspects.
Anna Jones
★★★★★Yes, this is a book about conference phones, and yes, I read it cover to cover. The premise is exactly right: we needed to outfit three new huddle rooms and we were drowning in garbage marketing materials that all said 'premium audio.' This book gave us the exact language and the technical criteria to tell the vendors what we needed. The installation chapter was worth the price alone for the checklist on placement. I've already recommended it to a colleague who leads procurement for a bank.