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In various embodiments, a system may include a first conferencing system with a first speaker and a second speaker. The first conferencing system may be coupled to a second conferencing system and a third conferencing system. In some embodiments, audio from the second conferencing system may be repr

In various embodiments, a system may include a first conferencing system with a first speaker and a second speaker. The first conferencing system may be coupled to a second conferencing system and a third conferencing system. In some embodiments, audio from the second conferencing system may be reproduced through the first speaker, and audio from the third conferencing system may be reproduced through the second speaker. In some embodiments, audio from various participants at various conferencing systems may be reproduced on audio system components relative to the location of participants at the conferencing system. For example, audio from a first participant on the left side of a camera at a second conferencing system may be reproduced through left side speakers at the first conferencing system.

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1. A system, comprising: a first conferencing system, comprising: a first speaker;a second speaker;wherein the first conferencing system is coupled to a second conferencing system and a third conferencing system over a network;wherein the first conferencing system, the second conferencing system, an

1. A system, comprising: a first conferencing system, comprising: a first speaker;a second speaker;wherein the first conferencing system is coupled to a second conferencing system and a third conferencing system over a network;wherein the first conferencing system, the second conferencing system, and the third conferencing system are configured to communicate in a conference;wherein audio from the second conferencing system is reproduced through at least one of the first speaker and the second speaker and audio from the third conferencing system is reproduced through the other of the first speaker and the second speaker. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio from the second conferencing system and the audio from the third conferencing system is reproduced through the first speaker and the second speaker of the first conferencing system depending on a location of a source of the audio with respect to a component at the second conferencing system and a component at the third conferencing system. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio from a participant at the second conferencing system is reproduced through the first speaker if the participant is on a right side of an audio recording component at the second conferencing system and is reproduced through the second speaker if the participant is on a left side of an audio recording component of the second conferencing system. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio from a participant at the second conferencing system is reproduced through the first speaker if the participant is near a front side of the second conferencing system and is reproduced through the second speaker if the participant is near a rear of the second conferencing system. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio from the second conferencing system and the audio from the third conferencing system includes an indicator which indicates which conferencing system the audio is from. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio from the second conferencing system and the audio from the third conferencing system includes an indicator which indicates a respective location of an audio source producing the audio at the respective conferencing system. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the second conferencing system comprises a microphone array at the second conferencing system, wherein an audio response from the microphone array is operable to be beamformed to determine a location of an audio source relative to the microphone array. 8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a management system operable to determine an identity of a conferencing system sending audio to the first conferencing system. 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the management system is further operable to transmit the identity to the first conferencing system and wherein the identity is used by the first conferencing system to reproduce the audio in the first speaker or the second speaker relative to a predetermined placement of audio based on received identities. 10. A method, comprising: detecting audio from a participant at a first conferencing system;sending an audio signal and location information to a second conferencing system, wherein the audio signal is configured for reproduction through a component of the second conferencing system, and wherein the component is selected depending on the location information. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining a relative location with respect to the first conferencing system of the audio from the participant. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the relative location is determined using a microphone array at the first conferencing system, wherein an audio response from the microphone array is operable to be beamformed to determine the relative location of an audio source relative to the microphone array. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein the location information indicates the relative location of the audio from the participant. 14. The method of claim 10, wherein the location information indicates the conferencing system which is sending the audio. 15. A method, comprising: receiving audio at a first conferencing system from a second conferencing system;receiving location information respective to the received audio; andreproducing the received audio at the first conferencing system through at least one speaker of a plurality of speakers, wherein the at least one speaker of the plurality of speakers is determined based on the received location information. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the location information represents a relative location of an audio source relative to a component at the second conferencing system, wherein the component is a microphone array; wherein the location information is determined using the microphone array at the second conferencing system, and wherein an audio response from the microphone array is beamformed to determine the relative location of an audio source relative to the microphone array. 17. The method of claim 15, wherein the location information indicates the conferencing system which is sending the audio. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the location information is an identity of a conferencing system sending audio to the first conferencing system as determined by a management system. 19. The method of claim 17, wherein the location information indicating the conferencing system sending the audio is determined by the conferencing system sending the audio. 20. The method of claim 15, wherein the location information includes the relative location of an audio source relative to a component at the second conferencing system and the identity of the second conferencing system. 21. A conferencing system, comprising: at least one first speaker;at least one second speaker; anda network port, wherein the conferencing system is coupled to a second and a third conferencing system over a network via the network port, wherein the conferencing system, the second conferencing system, and the third conferencing system are configured to communicate in a conference;wherein audio from the second conferencing system is reproduced through only the at least one first speaker and wherein audio from the third conferencing system is reproduced through only the at least one second speaker. 22. The conferencing system of claim 21, wherein the at least one first speaker comprises a plurality of speakers. 23. The conferencing system of claim 22, wherein audio from the second conferencing system is reproduced through the plurality of speakers depending on a location of a source of the audio with respect to a component at the second conferencing system. 24. The conferencing system of claim 21, wherein the at least one first speaker comprises a left speaker for the conferencing system, and wherein the at least one second speaker comprises a right speaker for the conferencing system. 25. The conferencing system of claim 21, further comprising: at least one third speaker;wherein the conferencing system is coupled to a fourth conferencing system over the network via the network port, wherein audio from the fourth conferencing system is reproduced through only the at least one third speaker. 26. The conferencing system of claim 21, further comprising: a display, wherein the display is configured to provide video from the second conferencing system on a first portion of the display and provide video from the third conferencing system on a second portion of the display, wherein the first portion of the display is on a first side of the display, wherein a position of the at least one first speaker corresponds to the first side, wherein the second portion of the display is on a second different side of the display, wherein a position of the at least one second speaker corresponds to the second side. 27. The conferencing system of claim 26, wherein the first side of the display is left, wherein the at least one first speaker comprises a left speaker, wherein the second side of the display is right, wherein the at least one second speaker comprises a right speaker. 28. A method for providing audio in a conference, comprising: receiving audio at a first conferencing system from a second conferencing system;receiving audio at the first conferencing system from a third conferencing system;reproducing the received audio at the first conferencing system through at least one first speaker and at least one second speaker, wherein said reproducing the received audio comprises reproducing audio from the second conferencing system via only the at least one first speaker and reproducing audio from the third conferencing system via only the at least one second speaker. 29. The method of claim 28, wherein the at least one first speaker comprises a plurality of speakers. 30. The method of claim 29, wherein said reproducing the received audio comprises reproducing the received audio from the second conferencing system through the plurality of speakers depending on a location of a source of the audio with respect to a component at the second conferencing system. 31. The method of claim 28, wherein the at least one first speaker comprises a left speaker for the conferencing system, and wherein the at least one second speaker comprises a right speaker for the conferencing system. 32. The method of claim 28, further comprising: receiving audio at the first conferencing system from a third conferencing system;wherein said reproducing the received audio comprises reproducing the received audio from the third conferencing system via only at least one third speaker. 33. The method of claim 28, further comprising: receiving video at the first conferencing system from the second conferencing system;receiving video at the first conferencing system from the third conferencing system;reproducing the received video on a display, wherein said reproducing the received video comprises reproducing video from the second conferencing system on a first portion of a display and reproducing video from the third conferencing system on a second portion of the display, wherein the first portion of the display is on a first side of the display, wherein a position of the at least one first speaker corresponds to the first side, wherein the second portion of the display is on a second different side of the display, wherein a position of the at least one second speaker corresponds to the second side. 34. The method of claim 33, wherein the first side of the display is left, wherein the at least one first speaker comprises a left speaker, wherein the second side of the display is right, wherein the at least one second speaker comprises a right speaker.