Lencore Spectra i.Net: Installation and Operations Manual - Manual (Page 7)

You’re a Crucial Part of a Sound Decision
Working in an office environment poses a number of challenges to today’s workers;
among them, performing at high levels with more distractions than ever before to
contend with. You have been asked to play a part of the solution to two common and
often-neglected problems: privacy and noise.
Privacy and noise are big issues, especially in open office settings with a large number
of workstations or cubicles. And notably, in healthcare and related service fields,
protecting sensitive patient information is not just a top priority, it is the law.
The good news: utilizing a sound masking system is a cost effective solution. As
a qualified installer, you have become a crucial part of our client’s future
office environment. The equipment you are installing will play a vital role in not
only the privacy of our end user, but in their productivity and ability to concentrate
as well. A successful sound masking installation, in fact, should enable the people
who work in the environment to perform at their best.
You have been provided with state-of-the-art equipment and technology to install,
test, tune and finalize. As such, your goals for the completed installation should be:
Tuning the system to the proper dB level
Achieving proper sound uniformity
Managing expectations for the product
Sound masking involves much more than a series of speakers, switches and wiring
hidden somewhere above the ceiling. It has evolved into a science that literally affects
the way a workspace works.
Congratulations on being asked to perform a vital service for this client. You will leave
the workspace a better, more focused place to work. Those who will benefit from
your efforts will be better workers, and their companies more efficient, and you will
have made a contribution to their future success!
WHAT IS SOUND MASKING?
Sound masking is a means of adding background sound to a work environment to make
conversations more private (speech privacy) and to reduce extraneous conversations and
noise.
Masking systems have an integrated sound source, an amplifier, an equalizer, and
speakers that produce and carry an electronic sound that should be barely perceptible,
non-directional and harmoniously uniform throughout a given space.
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1.1 | basic information on sound masking
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