I'm interested in acquiring some equipment for TV talking head interviews and reporter hits. I'm wondering what equipment people recommend for the IFB. I would ideally have access to two separate phone lines for guest and crew.

solutions run the gambit between a cell phone w/earbud(the lowest end), to something like a Studio Technologies Model 2 (midlevel-news/sat truck), to a full blown matrix intercom with standalone hybrids (telephone) or even broadband audio paths (ISDN/sat audio). all comes down to time/money...

key questions...

do YOU need to hear the feed the talent is listening to??

do YOU need to speak to the talent through this system??

do you need to add/mix additional audio to what presumably comes through the phone line?

do YOU need to hear the feed the talent is listening to??

do YOU need to speak to the talent through this system??

do you need to add/mix additional audio to what presumably comes through the phone line?

I won't need to do any of this. I would, however, like the equipment to allow me to speak through the unit to whomever I dial into (ie not a listen-only unit.)

if you are dialing in, you are dialing a phone, right? most equipment i use can't dial. a phone is bridged on the line-make the call, verify the other end, then activate the ifb/coupler/hybrid unit. it holds the line open and you hang up the phone. or do you need more than this functionality?

Is thing helpful for want you to do? I'm not sure how it works to tell you the truth.

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