Comrex Now Shipping New IP Audio Product, Opal

Comrex is now shipping Opal, a new IP audio product for conducting interview segments. Customers should contact a Comrex dealer to place an order.

It is perfect for coordinating call-ins with guests who have no technical experience, Opal provides near-studio quality audio using a laptop or smartphone. Guests can connect instantly by clicking a link.

Opal makes it possible to do interview segments in HD voice quality, without requiring guests to install apps or fiddle with settings.

Once installed, Opal serves a web page to anyone who accesses it through a computer or Android device (with a microphone, earpiece, and browser). This web page will allow a user to click a button and transmit from their computer or phone using the Opus encoder, for excellent fidelity and low delay. Users can also open Opal links with Comrex’s Opal app for iPhone or Android.

Opal can support two discrete connections at once. Opal occupies 1/2U of rack space, and two can fit side-by-side in a 19” rack shelf. Connections to Opal can only be made from browsers that support WebRTC (Chrome, Edge, and Opera at this time).