PolycomVoice Station 300 Desk Phone SoundStation

I have started to use this conference phone daily but I wish there was a better designed alternative on the market at this price point.As someone who has to listen into remote team calls for an hour or two each day this phone does the job and the audio quality is excellent in both directions. I particularly like the no nonsense glowing red indicators when I am on mute, the unmute button is also relatively easy to hit in a hurry when I want to jump into the conversation though in a perfect product this button would be 3 times larger.So why only 3 stars?The absence of a small phonebook memory is a real problem given that the typical user will be dialing into a small set of conference access numbers and using numeric passcodes.There is no display to double check key presses during dialing.The device has poor quality electronics which means it gets warm 24 hours a day and draws 6.5 watts even when on-hook and idle. Furthermore there is a continual white noise hissing from the speaker when on-hook, I have to pull the mains plug out to stop this.

Extremely compact with superb audio quality and better than the Polycom SoundStation 2 that it replaced (a complete end to "It's very echoey where you are!" comments from callers). One star less strictly for the lack of an LCD, it would have been useful for directory purposes, otherwise immensely happy.

These conference phones are good value when bought as used. I have had 3 now all working fine in the office.Make sure you get the ones with digital display and external sound jack then good for Skype usage. I got one send which was the older version much lesser value.

Bought to use for parents who have hearing difficulties. This works a treat! Now they can hear all phone conversations clearly.

We purchased this product to replace a desk phone in our boardroom, which had very poor quality pick-up beyond a few feet, and the speakerphone sound was often distorted. The Polycom Soundstation 2 has provided a much better solution and was very simple to install.

This Polycom hands free phone works a treat in our boardroom. Its very clear and does exactly as it says on the tin. The only problem we had was trying to set the display to English.

Received phone today, clear easy instructions everything connected ok, until I noticed that the line that connects to the phone box is not correct. Will need to buy an adaptor. Very frustrating.

Using this phone with Voice over IP and it is excellent. I would hve given 5 stars if it had a last number redial and/or a number memory.