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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>If Mr. Katz did not
intend to send the e-mail from Mr. Olsen to lnc-business – sorry –
it’s too late…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>I am sure that the Banquet and Meetings personnel at hotels that
are vying to hold our LNC Sessions know the dbA levels in their meeting rooms.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>And if you believe that, I have a nice bridge that runs from
Brooklyn to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:City></st1:place>
that I would like to sell you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>If we really need to pursue that angle, perhaps an electronically
literate LP member in the candidate citiy can bring a db meter to the hotels in
question and actually measure the ambient noise levels in the meeting rooms
that the hotel is offering to us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>However – do we really want to add yet another constraint
that LPHQ staff has to take into account while they are looking for a suitable
hotel to hold an LNC Session?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>Are we LNC members willing to pay $20 more per room night just to
get an acoustically quiet meeting room?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>It looks successfully transmitting the audio is not going to be
easy…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>I bet Mr. Olsen is not only LNC member who has heard of Shure:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'><a
href="http://cdn.shure.com/publication/upload/398/us_pro_audio_for_meetings_ea.pdf">http://cdn.shure.com/publication/upload/398/us_pro_audio_for_meetings_ea.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face="Bodoni MT"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Bodoni MT";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Bodoni MT"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Bodoni MT"'>“In addition to interference problems, the use
of multiple microphones creates other potential difficulties.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Bodoni MT"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Bodoni MT"'>One of these is due to the fact that </span></font><font
size=2 face="Bodoni MT"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT"'>as
the number of active microphones in a sound system increases, the overall <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Bodoni MT"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Bodoni MT"'>potential for feedback also increases </span></font><font
size=2 face="Bodoni MT"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT"'>.
And of course, each active microphone is adding more ambient noise<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Bodoni MT"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Bodoni MT"'>pickup to the system. This leads to a final
general rule for microphone use: Always use the minimum number of microphones. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Bodoni MT"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Bodoni MT"'>If additional microphones are not needed, they may actually
degrade the sound system. If the application can<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Bodoni MT"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Bodoni MT"'>be satisfied with one microphone, use one microphone!”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> Scott Lieberman <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>“</span></font><font size=1 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>To assist in analyzing
sound quality, I have attached two sample audio files. The first is from
the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>
meeting which was held in a relatively small and quiet room, and the
second from the Westin Alexandria meeting, a relatively large and noisy room
(and also exhibits the constant tweaking necessary to obtain usable
results). The same equipment was used in both cases. The
differences are significant. In selecting venues for LNC meetings in the
future, we should insist on quiet rooms (ambient noise level at 35 dbA or
less), and arrange for the “rectangular table array” to be of the
smaller dimensions as was the case in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>.</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=1 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Norman T Olsen”<font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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