The two microphone cartridges are each mounted in their own satin-black
metal shell. The shell is approximately the size of a jelly bean:
roughly a quarter-inch (.6 cm) in diameter and a half-inch (1.2 cm)
long. Being all metal, the microphone mounts are very durable. The
black finish is heat-fused plastic and is much more durable than
paint. Removable black foam, light duty windscreens are provided. Heavy
duty windscreens are available.
The microphone cable enters the shell from the side. The shell can have
either a fixed or a removable miniature alligator clip attached to its
base. The clip can be used to attach the microphones to any convenient
mounting surface, including your eyeglasses, lapels, collar, shoulder,
hats, headband, lighting grids and many others. The alligator clips are
finished in black and their handles are covered with a pliable black
plastic. The fixed clip is permanently fastened to the microphone
shell. The removable clip sits on a black nylon disk that snaps into
and out of the microphone shell.
A very flexible shielded cable (designed expecially for us) exits the
microphone. The cables from the two microphones join into a single
cable roughly twelve inches from the microphones. The cable runs for
six feet and terminates in a high reliability locking multi-pin
connector; also connected to the multi-pin connector (in a "Y") is a two
foot cable terminating in a gold-plated mini-stereo 1/8" (3.5mm) phone
plug -- other connectors can be supplied on request. (October 4,
2002: A high quality right angle plug is now available as an
option.)
If necessary, the cable can be easily split for its entire length, so
that the microphones can be separated as much as 12-feet apart. This is
especially useful if you use the microphones for interviews: one
microphone can be mounted on the interviewer and the other on the
interviewee.
The microphones are very small and unobtrusive. When the cable is
routed down a shirt or sweater, there's little evidence that you are
creating a very high fidelity recording of a sound event. (We strongly
recommend that before you record, you obtain permission to do so.)
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