Multiple Mic Support?

[Gopher]

Can WebEx support audio input from multiple laptops’ individual microphones when they are placed near each other in a conference room? The goal is to find a solution to clear conference room audio when several team members are together in one conference room and several are remote. Rather than buy a separate audio system for the conference room, I’d like to harness the microphones everyone already has in front of them in their individual laptops.

[Stephanie Knoop]

Can you clarify if you have a specific need to have participants on individual laptops in the same room?  Is video a consideration here?  

Without knowing more, what I would suggest if each individual needs to be in front of their computer (you have not way to display the Webex meeting on a larger screen?) would be to have all users join the meeting but only ONE user join for audio and then obtain a USB speaker/mic like one of the following to connect to that user's computer.  These are designed for conference rooms:

Jabra 810 (15 person room)

Jabra 710 (6 person room)

Poly Sync 40 (small/medium rooms)

Poly Sync 60 (larger rooms)