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Brian Bolly

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Intercom in the 21st Century
« on: February 15, 2014, 09:51:42 AM »

I know there are several folks around here who deal with very complex intercom systems on a daily basis.  However, for the basic system setups (<8 channels), are the usual suspects still Clear Com and Pro Intercom, or are there other systems out there that should be considered?

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Re: Intercom in the 21st Century
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2014, 10:04:16 AM »

Those are still the two power houses in the industry. I have used Eartec on a couple of installs where budgets were a bit tighter. Not as well built as the other, but they are holding up well for both clients. You also may want to look into Telex intercom systems.

http://www.eartec.com/

http://www.rtsintercoms.com/us/rts/line

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Re: Intercom in the 21st Century
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2014, 11:37:50 AM »

Those are still the two power houses in the industry. I have used Eartec on a couple of installs where budgets were a bit tighter. Not as well built as the other, but they are holding up well for both clients. You also may want to look into Telex intercom systems.

http://www.eartec.com/

http://www.rtsintercoms.com/us/rts/line

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Right - RTS/Telex.  Almost forgot about them. 

I seem to recall someone posting about an IP (or at least CAT5/network) based com setup, that for a small channel count was fairly reasonable in scope/price.

Just looking to see if there's any more advancements in the world of intercom, or if the standard wired systems are…well, still the standards.
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Re: Intercom in the 21st Century
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2014, 12:13:33 PM »

I know there are several folks around here who deal with very complex intercom systems on a daily basis.  However, for the basic system setups (<8 channels), are the usual suspects still Clear Com and Pro Intercom, or are there other systems out there that should be considered?

The 2 most common systems are Clear Com and RTS. They are both analog 2 wire systems. RTS is a 2ch over 1 wire system, Clear Com is 1 ch over 1 wire unless you use a TW adapter that basically makes it like RTS. If you want 2ch stations, RTS with its SAP dial up system is much easier to use.

On the digital front there is the Reidel Performer system which is 2ch over a single cable, but the cable must be AES compatible, regular mic cable is highly not recommended. A new digital system from Clear Com is Helix. Helix is a network system that can be 4-20 channels, and all cables carry all channels, you dial up the channels a particular station get is done at the belt pack.

There is information about all of these on the manufacturer's websites.

Mac
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