Speakerphone for use with local group and remote player?

My group currently has three local players and one remote player.

At first we tried everybody with headsets, but the local three kept hearing echos (the live voice and the mic voice) of everyone else in the room.  Kinda distracting.

We ended up with two using headphones with their mics muted and the third has headphones with the mic ON, so there is no echoing or reverb.

What I would LIKE to find/use is some kind of a speakerphone that I could hook up to my laptop via USB so that the three locals can just talk and listen from the one speakerphone and everybody doesn't have to have headphones, muted or not.

I have found a couple of decent speakerphones (ranging anywhere from $15 to $80) but I have no idea if they would work or not.

Has anybody else been in this situation?  What did you do?  What did you use?  How many more questions can this guy ask?!?!?!   :-) 

I certainly appreciate any helpful feedback.  Thanks!!

Michael

Here is one other thread I happen to know that gives 2 suggestions for this,

Suggestions for an omnidirectional microphone? (Hybrid in-house/long distance group)

If a good answer is confirmed, we should get it added to the new Wiki page for tips about playing in-person using Roll20,

Wiki says, 
https://wiki.roll20.net/Using_Roll20_while_Playing...

When you have several people in the same room, it's important to only have one mic and one open-air speaker active - that should handle your echo problem. Something else to keep in mind when you have remote people is to learn to not talk over one another in the large group - it's very difficult to pick out the one voice they want to focus on when a group is transmitted over the internet. What we do is have a single omni-directional mic active (blue snowball) and the speakers for the computer that mic is connected to live. The others are all sitting around the same table and it's doable. 

We use these at work and they are great. At times we can have up to 10 people in a room and they all can be heard and can hear others on the speaker...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1K01UZ5467&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC-_-pla-_-AT+-+Electronics-_-9SIA1K01UZ5467&gclid=Cj0KEQjw9vi-BRCx1_GZgN7N4voBEiQAaACKVrPJbSi9Ky539MUVVDCnmrk1nLeAKilxtWUUZbVR-_caAjIX8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds 

I use a Yeti Blue microphone. It's not cheap, but it's excellent quality. It has multiple modes, including omnidirectional and cardiod; combined with the gain dial, I can have an open mic without creating a feedback loop.

Thanks for the replies.   :-) 

I had seen the Jabra  speakerphone and had even looked at the Yeti, but wasn't sure if they would work or not.  And was concerned about the possible feedback from an open mic and speakers.  

So, now that I know that the various options are viable, I shall endeavor to implement one of them.

I already have speakers, but they plug into my one mic jack on my laptop, so either something USB or a combined mic/speaker was going to be required.

I think I'm going to go with the Samson Meteor Mic USB Studio Microphone (https://amzn.com/B00FQE337M).  TheWirecutter (http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-usb-microphone/, LOVE wirecutter) listed the Yeti Blue as their top pick, but was a bit pricey for me.  Right now, we only game about once a month, so I had real problems convincing myself that it was worth $130.  <wry smile>   Honestly, since I don't do any other web audio or recording stuff, the $70 for the Meteor is kinda up there but...  ding-dangit, I want us to be able to focus on the GAME not the stupid sound and sitting and walking around with headphones on.   :-) 

One thing that just dawned on me that will hopefully help us is my realization that one of us can cast the screen (map, etc.) to the Chromecast on my TV so everybody (locally) doesn't have to be flipping back and forth between their characters and the map to see what's going on.  (Yes, they mention having another monitor to turn around, but I don't have an additional monitor but I DO have a TV with Chromecast.   :-) )

It will be about a month (10/15 is next session) before I'll be able to TRULY report how it works for me.  I'll try to get it going and do a bit of testing before then and let ya'all know.  :-) 

Again, thank you for the helpful replies.

Have a good one and...  game on!

To be continued within a month...   :-) 

Michael