ClearOne Ships Next-Generation Audio Conferencing Platform

September 13, 2007
ClearOne Ships Next-Generation Audio Conferencing Platform

ClearOne® (NASDAQ: CLRO) today announced that it is shipping the Converge Pro audio conferencing platform. The Converge Pro product family represents a revolutionary advance in state-of-the-art audio technology for large-scale conferencing applications.

The Converge Pro product family includes:

  • Model 880 Digital audio mixer with eight microphone inputs
  • Model 840T Digital audio mixer with four microphone inputs and telephone interface
  • Model 8i Microphone input expansion unit
  • Model TH20 Telephone interface

All Converge Pro models deliver best-in-class, scalable conferencing solutions. Common applications include boardrooms, conference centers, distant learning, auditoriums, courtrooms, houses of worship, and large meeting venues.

The benefits common to all Converge Pro models include: superior audio quality, ClearOne's next-generation signal processing algorithms, field-proven conferencing technology, flexible configuration and expandability, simplified programming, SNMP management, best-in-class processing speed, and ClearOne's world-class customer service, technical support, and field engineering.

ClearOne's proprietary fourth-generation Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC), which forms the foundation of the Converge Pro product family, is optimized for today's distributed conferencing environments. AEC, combined with noise cancellation, automatic gain and level control, advanced microphone gating, and numerous other ClearOne innovations, deliver crystal-clear audio that is equivalent to conferencing participants being in the same room.

"The Converge Pro is another example of ClearOne delivering industry-defining solutions that offer exciting versatility and performance. Converge Pro delivers greatly enhanced flexibility without compromising the reliability or ease of use that has become our industry hallmark," said Scott Woolley, ClearOne's Director of Product Marketing for Professional Audio Products.

All models in the Converge Pro product family can now be ordered through ClearOne's broad network of distributors and integrators in North America, the European Union, and Australia, with availability in other countries to follow soon.

ClearOne introduced its first professional audio conferencing product to the market in 1990 under the brand name Gentner®. Since that time, four generations of professional audio products have been produced, each offering improved performance and reliability. With over 80,000 installations in customer sites ranging from Fortune 1000 companies to the federal government, ClearOne products are used in the most demanding applications, where they consistently deliver unsurpassed performance and reliability.

ABOUT CLEARONE

ClearOne is a communications company that develops and sells audio conferencing systems and related products for audio, video and web conferencing applications. The reliability, flexibility and performance of ClearOne's comprehensive solutions create a natural communications environment that saves organizations time and money by enabling more effective and efficient communication.

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For information, log onto www.clearone.com

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