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arjoll · 10th Mar 2020, 9:43 pm

The accounting firm I used to be with had a Denon 5 disc CD player with Mantovani CDs as MOH, until it was damaged in a break-in (apparently accountants have lots of money on-premises - not - all they got was the social club booze and less than $100 of petty cash, but caused a lot of other damage). I sourced a Teac replacement, but told them the discs might be damaged too so substituted some of my own, swapping them out regularly. Almost got caught out when a rather colourful one-liner on a live Crowded House CD was picked up by a caller!

Most systems I see at client sites now either have stock royalty-free music built in, or a cheap MP3 player or radio plugged in. The royalty-free option is good, fees from APRA are per line and can get up there, although I can virtually guarantee the phone guys never bother to advise customers of that.

10th Mar 2020, 9:43 pm	#12
arjoll Dekatron Join Date: May 2006 Location: Invercargill, New Zealand Posts: 3,458	Re: Music On Hold The accounting firm I used to be with had a Denon 5 disc CD player with Mantovani CDs as MOH, until it was damaged in a break-in (apparently accountants have lots of money on-premises - not - all they got was the social club booze and less than $100 of petty cash, but caused a lot of other damage). I sourced a Teac replacement, but told them the discs might be damaged too so substituted some of my own, swapping them out regularly. Almost got caught out when a rather colourful one-liner on a live Crowded House CD was picked up by a caller! Most systems I see at client sites now either have stock royalty-free music built in, or a cheap MP3 player or radio plugged in. The royalty-free option is good, fees from APRA are per line and can get up there, although I can virtually guarantee the phone guys never bother to advise customers of that.