On Air telephone Systems

[busterluck]

Have a client who is looking to purchase a telephone on air system that can conference calls. Telos One on One and the Comrex Staxx are under consideration. Noticed the Staxx has only one send output, and does that pose a problem in conferencing calls and callers.?
Client wants the feature that the incomming lines are answere automatically after several rings. This appears necessary these days, since AT&T disconnects incomming callers after around 11 rings, if the line is not answered. AT&T refuses to remove this 11 ring limit on their lines. Any one on the board able to solve this problem with AT&T?
What is the best system to buy in 2009 in terms of features and flexability, and quality of sound?

 

[OKCRadioGuy]

The comex Stax will do two callers at a time very nicely and autoanswer. Just use one pot and send. The box does the rest. I belive it's the aux port and a dip switch setting on the front to make it work just like you want. The built-in screening stuff for the price makes it the best bang for your buck.

 

[boiseengineer]

Someone here should know this. There is a product that will answer the lines with a "thank you for calling WXXX, this phone call may be broadcast or recorded for broadcast...etc" announcement, then put them in the call screener cue.

 

[spacetrucker]

OK I'll bite. What is this system? I need something in my home studio to record interviews over the phone. Any suggestions for a simple one line system?

 

[test123]

Boise...

I looked through the Comrex Stac manual online. Looks like it will answer the call and play a prerecorded message and then place the call on hold.

Buster...

It looks like the Stac actually does have two outputs. They way you put a call on the second hybrid is a little odd but it will do what you want it to do...as OKC says you can choose for both callers to come out one jack if you like.

With the Telos OnePlusOne you would need some way to route the callers to the hybrids. The Telos Direct Interface Module is the trick deal there but you would also need a Mitel Superset to screen the calls and a control surface to select the calls. By the time you gather all that stuff I am sure you would spend more money than the Comrex costs.

Benny...

If you only need to do one call at a time the Telos One is hard to beat. There are other hybrids out there but it is hard to beat the Telos One for simplicity. Set the levels and it just works.

Test123

 

[OKCRadioGuy]

Good call test123. Where a station is simply looking for a basic hybrid with one call at a time I prefer the Telos because it's cheaper and pretty damn straightfoward. The Comrex Stac is a pretty awsome unit when you want to go past the one line at a time thing or want call screening included. I have used some of the higher-end Telos units and, to be honest, really don't like them. The two I had experience with were a bit buggy (needing reset every so often) and were very overcomplicated for what most people would want. With the exception of reading the book and memorizing how to jam two calls on the air together, the Stac is intuitively drop-dead simple to use.

Good luck!

 

[RolfTaylor]

If you want more than two lines, and still use a good hybrid get a good solid hybrid (or two) and then make a switcher.

You can convert an old 1A2 phone (without the 1A2 key system) to switch the lines easily enough.

Or you can get Broadcast Tools' Switcher, though I could not find a link for it (maybe it is no longer made?).

 

[DudeFan]

At this point it will be going around your butt to get to your face, things are moving in the VOIP direction. No one has introduced an SIP broadcast phoneset, however, if you are going to be putting in a VOIP system, most multiline handsets have a 2.5mm headphone jack. That with a single hybrid and a DaptorOne can get you there.

If you are doing just a single line, the Telos One is great sounding and affordable.