New audio solutions exhibited for the UC market
Xilica showcased its latest UC audio solutions, which were compared to ‘black magic’ by a Xilica exec at Barcelona ISE.
Shaun Robinson, VP of Product Management at Xilica, explained that this description refers to the huge amount of mathematics that goes into its audio solutions. Out of the complexity, Robinson says its solutions have been made easy to use, plug and play devices.
The collaboration product designer’s range includes room kits, processors, network endpoints, speakers, user interfaces and accessories.
Some of the speakers it showcased required only a single point of connection.
Robinson explained the advantages of reduced cabling:
“We have USB that connects to a computer or laptop. Everything else is connected, including the speakers, so we did not put any audio connections on the speaker itself.
“IT technicians don’t need to be worried about keeping stock of speaker cables, stripping speaker cables or accidentally getting polarity wrong; all the things that audio installers would do.
“We do not want technicians having to do that, so just grab a patch cable or any other Ethernet cable and plug it into our amp, plug it in our speaker, and it’s going to work.”