Crestron Collab DM NAX Intelligent Audio Certified System — Medium Room Ceiling System

What is the Crestron DM NAX Intelligent Audio Certified System — Medium Room?

The Crestron DM NAX Intelligent Audio Certified System for medium rooms is a pre-validated ceiling audio kit for standard meeting rooms, built around Crestron's DM NAX audio-over-IP platform and certified for use with Microsoft Teams software. It pairs one DM-NAX-AP-100 audio processor, one active Saros PoE ceiling speaker driving one passive Saros ceiling speaker, and one Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling Medium microphone into a validated PoE audio system that any AV integrator can deploy without custom DSP programming. It sits between the Small Room and Large Room configurations in Crestron's certified system lineup.

How does the Crestron DM NAX Intelligent Audio Certified System — Medium Room work?

Every device connects over standard Power over Ethernet and auto-discovers on the network the moment it's plugged in, eliminating the custom wiring and DSP commissioning that ceiling audio installs typically require. The DM-NAX-AP-100 audio processor bridges the ceiling microphone and speakers to any UC codec over USB-C, while dual Gigabit Ethernet ports handle network audio distribution, and onboard DSP automatically manages echo cancellation and noise reduction.

What separates this configuration from the Small Room system is the addition of a passive Saros speaker. The active Saros DM-NAX-IC4A-W carries its own onboard amplifier and PoE+ power, and it drives the passive Saros IC4P-W directly — no second amplifier, no separate power run for the second speaker. That's how the system extends even audio coverage across a larger floor plan than a small huddle room without adding another PoE-powered, network-addressed device. Overhead, the Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling Medium microphone uses automatic beam steering to track the active speaker anywhere in the room, feeding clean audio into the DM NAX network over AES67 and staying compatible with AI meeting assistants such as Microsoft 365 Copilot.

What are the key features of the Crestron DM NAX Intelligent Audio Certified System — Medium Room?

• Active/passive speaker pairing — one amplified Saros speaker drives a passive satellite, extending coverage without a second amplified device.
• PoE-powered, zero-wiring deployment — every powered device runs on standard PoE, with no dedicated audio wiring or amplifier rack.
• Automatic device discovery — the processor, speakers, and microphone find each other on the network without manual addressing.
• Certified for Microsoft Teams — validated end-to-end for functionality, integration, and performance with Teams Rooms deployments.
• AES67-compatible audio-over-IP — built on an open standard for future peripheral flexibility.
• Automatic beam-steering microphone — the Sennheiser TCC M array tracks the active speaker without manual mic placement.
• Onboard DSP echo and noise cancellation — no external DSP rack unit needed for clean call audio.

Where is the Crestron DM NAX Intelligent Audio Certified System — Medium Room typically used?

• Standard conference rooms
• Commercial meeting spaces
• Training rooms
• Multi-purpose rooms

Technical Specifications

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between this and the Small Room system?

This configuration adds one passive Saros ceiling speaker, driven directly off the active Saros unit, to extend even audio coverage across a larger room than the Small Room system is sized for.

Do I need a separate amplifier for the passive speaker?

No. The active Saros DM-NAX-IC4A-W has an onboard amplifier rated to drive up to three passive Saros speakers directly — this configuration uses one of those three channels.

What UC platforms is this certified for?

This configuration is certified for use with Microsoft Teams software. Ask your Creation Networks rep about certification status for other UC platforms.

Can this system scale up further if we outgrow the room?

Yes — the active Saros speaker still has capacity for two more passive speakers beyond this configuration, and our Large Room system shows exactly how that scales with additional microphones as well.

Does this pair with Crestron's Collab Compute room systems?

Yes. This is an audio-only ceiling system that connects to any UC codec over USB-C, including Crestron's Collab Compute modules used in our full room bundles. See our Crestron collection for complete camera-and-compute room kits.

Does Creation Networks install this system?

Yes. As a nationwide AV integrator, Creation Networks provides design, installation, and commissioning services alongside the equipment — contact us at 888-230-3661 or sales@creationnetworks.net for a project quote.