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 light-duty foam windscreens are provided. Heavy
duty windscreens are available.
The microphone cable can enter the shell in one of two locations: the
side or the bottom. We now offer three mounting options: two for the
side cable entry and one for the bottom cable entry.
For the side cable option, the shell can have either a fixed (included
in our standard mic set) or a removable miniature alligator clip
(optional) 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.
For the bottom cable option, the cable enters the shell from the bottom
of the shell, on the surface opposite the microphone face. This allows
you to easily insert the microphones into a set of elastic eyeglass
holders ("Croakies"), sew them in a bandana or mount them in a hat. They
have no alligator clips so you have to be creative about how you plan to
mount them. You can use velcro strips, double sided foam tape or
whatever you can dream up!
A very flexible shielded cable exits the base of each tube toward the
rear of your head. 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, multi-pin locking
connector for the connection to the battery box; also connected to the
multi-pin connector (in a "Y") is a two foot cable terminating in a
gold-plated mini-stereo straight 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.
For binaural recordings the cartridges are aimed outward (not forward)
much as your ears are. This copies the human ear, ensures a true
binaural pickup pattern, and accurately captures sonic information
coming from all directions.
The microphones can also be used as a classic stereo (not binaural)
"spaced array" with each microphone placed eighteen inches to two feet
from the other. One user says that this configuration provides excellent
stereo imaging. This fellow clips his microphones to the light grid
over his club's stage. Another user clips the microphones to the
shoulders of his jacket.
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