Recommendations for head-mounted microphones

[Denny Moore]

Dear Amanda,

A phonetician, Didier Demolin, uses the Shure WH20XLR, which is 
dynamic and needs no phantom energy.  It goes to 15K Hz and costs a 
modest US$80-90 or so.  There is also a condenser headworn mike, the 
Shure WH30XLR, which uses phantom energy and records to 20K Hz, for 
about US$150-170.  Since these very efficiently exclude ambient noise 
you have to get close to the speaker and speak a bit loudly into the 
mike to be heard on the recording.   Speakers seem to like it, 
especially if you first make a test recording and have them listen to 
the quality.  These have held up well in Amazonia.

That is our experience,

Denny


At 10:04 PM 6/13/2011, Amanda Hamilton wrote:
>Hello, all!
>
>I'm looking for recommendations for head-mounted microphones.  Here 
>is a description of how the mic will be used:
>
>1.       Purpose: for collecting high-quality, single-speaker field 
>recordings, some of which will be used for phonetic analysis.  Noisy 
>background environments are likely.
>2.       Portability:  Should be relatively portable, though sound 
>quality takes precedence to an extent.  Electrical outlets will not 
>always be available.
>3.       Recorder: for use with a Marantz PMD 660
>4.       Price range: up to $300 for the whole package
>5.       Other: ideally, the microphone should also be as easy to 
>wear and unintimidating as possible (insofar as a head-mounted mic 
>can be, I suppose)
>
>Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>Amanda
>
>P.S. We're also going to be looking into buying new, 
>non-head-mounted microphones for single-speaker and group-based 
>field recordings sometime in the near future, so any incidental 
>recommendations on that front are welcome too!  Thanks!
>
>
>Amanda Hamilton - Linguist
>Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
>PO Box 2736, South Hedland 6722
>67 Throssell Rd
>(08) 9172 2344 (ph)
>(08) 9172 2355 (fax)
><http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/>www.wangkamaya.org.au
>
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