Anker PowerConf S500 Review: The best conferencing solution? 

For conferencing in a home office or regular office situation, the S500 is great!

I really respect these objective viewpoints despite being provided a sample for review. Sujano doesn't just talk a bunch of fluff in any of these videos and the testing always supports his review.

Love the audio and call quality on this - and also that it can double as a speaker for music in between calls.

Great review and great product. I have one of Anker S3 that I think the performance better than many expensive brand we are using in our company.

Great review. Really helpful. I've bought 2 for our office and have tested the daisychain function recently. It works well. I recorded over zoom (connected the powerconf on my phone in another room while zoom was recording) and voice quality was great and even while I was moving around the room. Haven't tested it with noise, but I imagine the Zoom noise cancellation will add to the powerconf's. Just wanted to say this was one of the more useful and objective reviews I've seen.

Excellent reivew! Love all the test! Thanks for taking the time to create and sharing!

Sounds like a good deal in terms of quality and productivity from a work standpoint.

Love the review...the s500 has pretty bad microphone quality though. Wish they would put a better microphone like a MxlAc404, into a decent speaker.

Good job , I respect the test methods you have done

Fantastic review. Thanks so much!

This is pretty spectacular

Thurough review. Thank you so much,

I know you said Zoom certified, but please test these conference products on a Zoom session and ask the Zoom participant about the call quality and whether the voice was well synced to the video. Was there any audio feedback? Could YOU hear the Zoom participants well? Sometimes a product works well voice only but add video conference and its game over for quality.

What is the sound isolation like when you are not talking? I can't tell if that was demonstrated.

So I'm courious about actually how to use this... I'm thinking that I pair it to my laptop and then set up a google meet and then pass out the call in number? Would this work for that?

More simple/cheaper solutions can perform even better as network quality is a major component on conf audio quality. And it's not 100% your domestic connection, but also the service provider (Skype, Zoom etc.). All these companies come with these devices and I was able to make myself an conf audio expert the past year and a half like most people, and tried a lot of them, conf speakers, headsets , built-in, the difference was not really on the voice capture devices.

Its a good speaker but a shame that once the USB dongle dies that's it Anker does not have any replacement you are stuck with a cable if you want to use it with a laptop.

In a zoom call, can you set the speakerphone off and just use the mic, assuming i want to use another speaker device?

What would you use to pick up audio from a seminar when someone moves around a lot - and is using mic for speakers but you want to pick up the audio for zoom at the same time.

Can you use the anker phone conference sort of like a sound card? Hook it into a computer that is recording?

You have the voice of Beyonce

wow, mic quality is awful