What Is Sound Masking?

Sound masking is ambient background sound engineered to match the frequency of human speech for greater speech privacy. Adding sound to a space actually makes the space seem quieter. It sounds counter-intuitive but it’s true. This is because the added sound reduces the intelligibility of human speech. When you can’t understand what someone is saying, their words are less distracting — in fact, you probably don’t even notice them.Sound masking makes a building seem quieter by raising the ambient noise level of an environment and making speech noise less intelligible and therefore less distracting. When you can’t understand what someone is saying, their words are less distracting — in fact, you probably don’t even notice them.Sound masking is an ambient sound, similar to the sound of airflow, that’s specifically engineered to the frequency of human speech you can target conversational distractions and make them less distracting. Sound masking does not cancel sound or eliminate all speech noise in an environment; it simply reduces how far away conversations can be heard and understood by others, which we call the radius of distraction.

FEATURED SOUND MASKING SOLUTIONS

Cambridge QT-100 & T-300

The Qt® 100 for is ideal for single zone spaces of up to 12,000 square feet (1,115 m2). The Qt 100 is easily controlled from the module’s front panel, making volume adjustments quick and easy.

Qt® 100 uses sound masking, often misunderstood as white noise. Sound masking is at a frequency range more tuned to the frequency of human speech and is more acoustically pleasant than white noise.

The Qt 100 comes standard with a wall mount. The wall mount provides level mounting for quick and easy installation.

Qt emitters are installed along a simple grid pattern based on ceiling height. Qt emitters can be installed into standard ceiling tiles ranging from 0.5" to 1.5" (1.3 cm - 3.8 cm) thick. Qt emitters can also be installed into any ceiling type using a variety of mounting options. Emitters are plug-and-play, daisy-chained together with CAT-3 and higher, plenum-rated cables. We supply with every emitter, pre-terminated CAT3 cables with industry standard RJ-45 connectors.

Cambridge QT-100 & T-300

The Qt® 100 for is ideal for single zone spaces of up to 12,000 square feet (1,115 m2). The Qt 100 is easily controlled from the module’s front panel, making volume adjustments quick and easy.

Qt® 100 uses sound masking, often misunderstood as white noise. Sound masking is at a frequency range more tuned to the frequency of human speech and is more acoustically pleasant than white noise.

The Qt 100 comes standard with a wall mount. The wall mount provides level mounting for quick and easy installation.

Qt emitters are installed along a simple grid pattern based on ceiling height. Qt emitters can be installed into standard ceiling tiles ranging from 0.5" to 1.5" (1.3 cm - 3.8 cm) thick. Qt emitters can also be installed into any ceiling type using a variety of mounting options. Emitters are plug-and-play, daisy-chained together with CAT-3 and higher, plenum-rated cables. We supply with every emitter, pre-terminated CAT3 cables with industry standard RJ-45 connectors.