Professional audio specialist in Malaysia since 1998
Bad audio kills the meeting.
Meeting room audio Malaysia, planned so every word lands.
Measure seats, ceiling and platform first. Then we match a speakerphone, a table array, a ceiling microphone and a DSP so the far end hears every chair.
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Kasturi audio in Malaysia at a glance
Answer first
What meeting room audio is available in Malaysia?
Meeting room audio in Malaysia fails at the far end first. People in the room think the call is fine. Callers hear the last two seats as muffled, then they stop speaking. The fix is pickup that covers every chair, then a processor that sends one clean mix. Kasturi surveys the room in Petaling Jaya and installs that path across Malaysia. Brands we specify after the survey include Yealink, Biamp, Shure, Q-SYS and Crestron.
Hear it yourself
Tailored sound. You be the judge
This is Yealink's published A/B test for SkySound CM50. One mix is the same room without the array. The other is that clip through CM50. Press Play, then switch Without and With while it runs. Listen for speech against HVAC, echo and corridor noise. It does not replace a site survey. It shows why pickup and noise rejection are specified before anyone picks a display.
Official Yealink A/B demo from the CM50 product page. Toggle while it plays to hear the same clip with and without the array.
Ceiling coverage
Spotlight on the voice, not the room noise
Play the SkySound CM50 coverage clip. Yealink publishes customisable pickup zones and an acoustic fence so the array follows speech and drops noise outside the zone. A ceiling mic is sized by pickup, not by display size.
Where to start
Two reasons people plan audio before the camera
This section answers why a facilities team starts with pickup, not with a display size. One reason is the far end. The other is the room itself.
The far end abandons a muffled room
Remote callers leave when they cannot hear the last two seats. That is the problem this page exists to stop. In the room it sounds "fine enough." On the call it sounds like someone speaking into a cupboard, then the meeting turns into a string of repeats. A small table can hide the gap. A long table cannot. The front-end test is simple: if the farthest chair is not in the pickup, the display size does not matter.
Glass and gypsum decide the hardware
This path is for Malaysian offices. Suspended tiles, bare gypsum, glass walls and HVAC vents change whether a bar, a table array or a ceiling array can work. The device is chosen after the ceiling is named. A 2.4 to 3.5 metre accessible grid favours a flush array. A sealed slab often sends the design back to an MXA310 or an NM-T1 on the table. Ask the supplier what they will measure before they send a model number.
In the room
Four checks before anyone cuts a tile
These four questions decide ceiling versus table, and bar versus DSP. Skip one and the far end finds it on day two.
Last seat versus published pickup
A bar is enough while every chair sits inside its published figure. Yealink CM20 is published at about 20 square metres per unit at a 2.9 metre ceiling. Shure MXA902 Automatic Coverage is a 6 by 6 metre area. If the last seat sits outside those numbers, add an array or a DSP.
Ceiling type and height
A 2.4 to 3.5 metre accessible tile ceiling favours a flush array. Biamp publishes Parle TCM-X for ceilings of 10 foot (3 metre) or lower. A sealed gypsum slab or a high atrium often sends the design to a table array such as MXA310 or NM-T1.
Noise the mic must reject
HVAC, projector fans and corridor leak are not "background." MXA310 can use a toroid pattern that rejects overhead noise. A DSP then runs AEC and noise reduction so that rejection survives the far-end call.
How the call actually starts
Teams Rooms, Zoom Rooms and a guest laptop are three different USB and network paths. The microphone family has to leave the room through the processor the platform already trusts.
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What the room has to do
Six jobs professional audio actually owns
Each block is a planning job, not a slogan. If a supplier cannot talk through these six, they are selling a box.
Audio equity
Every seat has to reach the far end at a usable level. That is why coverage is published as an area or a pickup radius, not as a brand badge. A 12-person table with one speakerphone in the middle leaves the last chairs as ghosts on the call.
Ceiling versus table
Ceiling arrays reclaim the table and follow people who stand. Table arrays stay serviceable and can reject HVAC above the surface. The choice is height, tile access and how often the furniture moves, not which photo looks cleaner.
DSP and acoustic echo cancellation
The processor is the mix point. TesiraFORTE X ships 4, 8 or 16 AEC channels to match Parle count. ControlSpace EX-440C publishes 8 AEC channels and 16 by 16 Dante. Q-SYS runs AEC on the Core. Skipping the DSP is how echo returns after a "simple" USB bar is stretched.
Loudspeakers and voice lift
Pickup without coverage in the room still fails the people sitting there. MXA902 puts a 2.5 inch wide-dispersion loudspeaker in the same ceiling box. SkySound pairs CM20 or CM50 with CS10 or CS10-D loudspeakers published at about 10 to 15 square metres each.
The Malaysian ceiling
Suspended grids hide cable and accept tiles. Bare gypsum reflects. Acoustic tiles absorb. Kasturi asks which one you have before specifying an array. The conference room guide on this site walks through those ceiling types in more detail.
Portable now, installed next
Speak2 75 and Videobar VB1 are honest first rooms. They are not a 10-metre table. Plan the final coverage so today's speakerphone does not freeze a furniture layout that a ceiling array will later need to clear.
Compare approaches
Three ways to build the same room
Most quotes fail because they mix these three approaches without naming which one the room is on.
| Approach | What you buy | Where it breaks |
|---|---|---|
| USB bar or speakerphone | Jabra Speak2 75, Bose Videobar VB1, or the microphone array inside a meeting bar | Last seats outside published pickup, noisy HVAC, two rooms combined |
| Ceiling or table array plus DSP | Shure MXA with IntelliMix, SkySound with AP08, Parle with TesiraFORTE X, Q-SYS Core with NM-T1 | No ceiling access, no network plan, no commissioning time in the bid |
| Installed PA for halls | Distributed loudspeakers, multiple arrays, room-combine DSP | Treating an auditorium like a 6-person huddle, or skipping voice lift |
Budgeting
What actually drives an audio quote
There is no honest single price for a ceiling microphone that survives contact with a real wall. These six lines are what Kasturi prices after a survey.
Coverage and mic count
One MXA902 is a 6 by 6 metre tile. Two CM50 units plus speakers is a different bill. Device count follows area and height, not the brand name on the first brochure.
DSP and AEC channels
TesiraFORTE X 400, 800 and 1600 exist because microphone count and AEC channels have to match. An underspecified processor is how echo returns after handover.
Speakers and voice lift
Pickup without loudspeakers still leaves the room uneven. CS10 coverage is published per unit. MXA902 includes the speaker in the same box. Halls add amplifiers and more points.
Ceiling works and cabling
Tile cuts, PoE runs, Dante or AES67 switches and whether the slab is sealed change labour more than the array photograph. Cable routes are part of the room.
Platform and guest join
Teams Rooms, Zoom Rooms and a USB laptop are different endpoints. Licences sit outside the hardware and belong in year-one cost.
Commissioning and the estate
Coverage mapping, mute sync, a live call from every seat and operator handover belong in the first quote. Leaving them out makes a hardware-only bid look cheaper than the room you will actually run.
Where the rooms go
Spaces we specify audio for in Malaysia
Sector only. No client names. The hardware changes with seats and ceiling, not with the industry label.
Corporate meeting rooms
Daily hybrid rooms where a bar or one ceiling tile covers the table, and a DSP appears when the table grows.
Boardrooms
Long tables, glass, and a far end that includes directors. Ceiling arrays plus AEC are the usual path.
Training and divisible rooms
Room-combine DSP, partition sensors such as Yealink YPS20, and more loudspeaker points than a single boardroom.
Public sector chambers
Fixed seats, gooseneck or table arrays where procedure still wants a mic at the place, plus ceiling fill where debate moves.
Healthcare and education
Rooms that must stay simple to start, with pickup that survives hard surfaces and occupancy changes.
Overflow and project rooms
Speak2 and Videobar units that move this quarter, with a plan for a fixed array when the room is made permanent.
How the call uses the room
The microphone is only useful if the mix can leave
Pickup without a path into Teams, Zoom or a guest laptop is a silent ceiling tile. This is the part most hardware lists skip.
USB into a laptop or bar
Speak2, Videobar and many meeting bars present the room as a USB speakerphone. Good for BYOD huddles. Weak when two rooms combine or when AEC has to handle several arrays at once.
Dante or AES67 into a DSP
MXA902, CM20, CM50, Parle and ControlSpace live on a network. The processor builds one far-end mix with echo cancellation. This is the boardroom path. It needs a switch plan and commissioning time in the first quote.
Native room on a Core or MVC kit
Q-SYS and Yealink MVC keep audio, video and the join habit on one estate. Use this when the company already standardised the platform and does not want three vendors arguing over mute sync.
Keep reading
Guides that sit next to this hub
These three live pages carry the room planning and the two DSP platforms this hub points at.
Room guide
Conference room setup guide
Why audio beats video in most meetings, and what Malaysian ceiling types do to the mix.
Platform
Q-SYS professional audio
Cores, NM-T1, network amplifiers and loudspeakers on one platform.
Systems
Video conferencing systems
Huddle, meeting and boardroom planning figures this audio hub reuses.
Questions before the survey
Meeting room audio questions from project teams
These twelve answers match the FAQ schema on this page character for character. They stay readable with JavaScript off.
What meeting room audio does Kasturi Technology supply in Malaysia?
When does a video bar stop being enough for meeting audio?
Should I choose a ceiling microphone or a table microphone?
What does a DSP do in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom room?
How much does meeting room audio cost in Malaysia?
Which Shure ceiling array fits a small or medium Malaysian meeting room?
What is Yealink SkySound and when do I need it?
How does Q-SYS compare with Biamp Tesira for room audio?
Can I start with a portable speakerphone and install ceiling audio later?
Do you install meeting room audio outside the Klang Valley?
Why does audio fail in glass and gypsum Malaysian meeting rooms?
How do I start a Kasturi audio project?
Next step
Ready to plan the audio before the next call?
Come see the Petaling Jaya showroom or send the room dimensions. No pressure. A coverage plan beats another muffled hour.