Re: OT Any advice for inexpensive lapel microphones?

2013-09-08 Thread Igor Roshchin
Fri Sep 6 00:47:24 EDT 2013 Rob Studdert wrote: On 6 September 2013 03:08, Igor Roshchin str at komkon.org wrote: Hi Matthew, Thanks for sharing this one. I see that some reviews and questions to the answers suggest that the microphone is designed to be powered (although not with

Re: OT Any advice for inexpensive lapel microphones?

2013-09-08 Thread John
There are some electret condenser microphones that can be powered by an internal battery instead of phantom power. On 9/8/2013 9:14 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Fri Sep 6 00:47:24 EDT 2013 Rob Studdert wrote: On 6 September 2013 03:08, Igor Roshchin str at komkon.org wrote: Hi Matthew, Thanks

Re: OT Any advice for inexpensive lapel microphones?

2013-09-08 Thread Joseph McAllister
In answer to your question at the end of this message. Note that the text refers to Quadra's and PowerPC's microphones that come with the computer. They are talking early to mid-90s here, and refer to the little mini-hockey puck mics Apple used to ship with their computers. Soft foam backing,

Re: OT Any advice for inexpensive lapel microphones?

2013-09-05 Thread Matthew Hunt
I have not bought it yet, but this has been on my shopping list for a while on the strength of its reviews: http://stdw.us/162dZZJ Olympus ME-15 Microphone On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Hi All, Last month, there was a thread here where Cotty was

Re: OT Any advice for inexpensive lapel microphones?

2013-09-05 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi Matthew, Thanks for sharing this one. I see that some reviews and questions to the answers suggest that the microphone is designed to be powered (although not with the phantom mic power? - sounds weird?). I understand that if you use it with a computer, you need to enable the microphone boost

Re: OT Any advice for inexpensive lapel microphones?

2013-09-05 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Thu, Sep 05, 2013, Igor Roshchin wrote: Requirements: inexpensive, reasonable sound quality, probably omnidirectional, durable. Wired (3.5mm mini jack), not wirless. Not exactly what you're looking for, but I recently got the Panasonic KX-TCA60 headset (with mic), and it's working well for

OT Any advice for inexpensive lapel microphones?

2013-09-05 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, Last month, there was a thread here where Cotty was suggesting some (rather expensive) high quality microphones for video recording. I am looking for a very inexpensive lapel (lavalier) microphone that is suitable for use with Skype and laptop (while traveling light, - hence the small

Re: OT Any advice for inexpensive lapel microphones?

2013-09-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 September 2013 03:08, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Hi Matthew, Thanks for sharing this one. I see that some reviews and questions to the answers suggest that the microphone is designed to be powered (although not with the phantom mic power? - sounds weird?). I understand that