Enabling productivity across an enterprise relies on communication that is easy, accessible and clear, no matter where workers are located. The ability to hear and speak clearly on both sides of a call makes collaboration more effective and provides a better experience for everyone.
Challenges
94%
experience ambient noise during calls*
Top 3 ambient noises when working from an office
Phone
ringing
People
chatting
People talking
on phone
6-7
different ambient noises are experienced on average by workers*
Top 3 ambient noises when working from a home office
Kitchen
appliances
Music/TV in
another room
People talking
in background
Poly creates optimal working conditions
When considering noise cancelling headsets it’s important to note that different technology is used to reduce noise to benefit the headset wearer and hence acts on the receiving side compared to noise cancelling to benefit the caller which acts on the transmitting side.
Beat noise with poly technology
Technology used across Poly headsets
Transmit
How your voice sounds to others
• Noise Cancelling Microphone Boom
• Acoustic Fence
• Close Conversation Limiting
• Noise Cancelling Microphone Boomless
• WindSmart
Receive
How you hear otehr voices
• Active Noise Cancelling
• Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling
• Adaptive Hybrid Active Noise
Cancelling
Beat the noise with Poly
Kids enjoying music just outside your home office door or office weekend recaps at the next desk?
No matter where people take calls or join video conferences,
background noise gets in the way of getting things done.
Loss of concentration due to noise means decreased productivity. Not a problem,
however, if you have the right technology.
Find out about:
Statistics about ambient
noise types
Easy explanations of audio technologies available in Poly devices
A fresh look at Poly’s latest range of noise reduction headsets
It’s time for you to command the conversation —it’s time for you to beat the noise!
How our technologies are improving
your calls and concentration
Advanced digital hybrid active noise cancelling
Technology monitors unwanted noise at your ear, then plays an inverse of those sounds to cancel them out and external microphones monitor outside of your ears to further enhance the removal of undesired sounds. Combine these internal and external technologies in a hybrid model means enhanced noise reduction and keeps you focused on what matters.
Active noise cancelling
Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) is a technology used in headphones, earbuds, or other audio devices to reduce unwanted ambient noise. It works by using built-in microphones to capture external sounds and then generating anti-noise signals to cancel out those unwanted sounds. By actively countering external noise, ANC helps create a quieter and more immersive audio experience. It is particularly useful in environments with constant or repetitive background noise, allowing users to enjoy their music, podcasts, or calls without the distraction of surrounding sounds.
Close conversation limiting
Using proprietary Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Poly can further reduce any transmit noise. The Poly Savi 8200 Series use a noise cancelling microphone boom plus a feature called close conversation limiting, which is designed to reduce the level of nearby conversations. The actual level of noise reduction can be configured via Poly software.
Noise cancelling microphone boom
To ensure that background noise does not interrupt the call, many Poly headsets include a noise cancelling microphone boom. These booms include a special directional dual port microphone that picks up sound in a specific pattern that is focused towards the user’s mouth. Sounds that come from all directions, such as background noise, are picked up with equal amplitude on both microphone ports and hence cancel each other out, reducing the background noise heard by the far end (the caller/s).
Poly Acoustic Fence technology
Transmit noise reduction can be enhanced when additional, physically separated microphones are added, such as those on Poly headsets with Acoustic Fence technology.
Single additional microphone: Poly’s Acoustic Fence technology, as found in the Blackwire 8225, uses a long noise cancelling microphone boom with an additional microphone located on the ear cup. This additional microphone picks up the background noise and using DSP this noise is minimized from the user’s voice.
Multiple additional microphones: The Voyager Focus 2 provides even greater transmit noise reduction despite its shorter microphone boom. In this implementation Poly’s Acoustic Fence technology uses four microphones in total, two microphones on the boom and one on each ear cup, to create a virtual pick up bubble focused at the front of the user’s mouth. Anything outside of this bubble (typically noise) is ignored.
Solutions - Crystal Clear Audio
If you work in an office, at home, or anywhere in between, Poly professional headsets help quiet the noise.
VOYAGER 6200 UC
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VOYAGER SURROUND 80 UC
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SAVI 8420 OFFICE
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SAVI 8220 OFFICE
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SAVI 8220 UC
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BLACKWIRE 8225
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VOYAGER 5200 UC
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VOYAGER 4300 SERIES
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VOYAGER FOCUS 2 UC
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VOYAGER FREE 60 UC
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Headset Noice Cancelling technology—
per device
| TRANSMIT How your voice sounds to others |
RECEIVE How you hear other voices |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEAT NOISE WITH POLY TECHNOLOGY | NOISE CANCELLING MICROPHONE BOOM | ACOUSTIC FENCE | CLOSE CONVERSATION LIMITING | NOISE CANCELLING MICROPHONE BOOMLESS | WINDSMART | ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLING | HYBRID ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLING | ADAPTIVE HYBRID ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLING |
| VOYAGER 5200 UC | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| VOYAGER 4300 SERIES | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| VOYAGER 4300 SERIES | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| VOYAGER 6200 UC | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| VOYAGER SURROUND 80 UC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| VOYAGER FREE 60 UC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| BLACKWIRE 8225 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| SAVI 8220 UC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| SAVI 8220 OFFICE | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| SAVI 8420 OFFICE | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
*Factworks: Poly Global Segmentation Research, 2021. ©2023 Plantronics, Inc. All rights reserved. Poly and the propeller design are trademarks of Plantronics, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 4.21 1143650
