A dynamic mic uses electromagnetic induction and a condenser mic uses variable capacitance. Dynamic mics are less sensitive, while condensers capture more detail but also pick up more noise. Dynamic ...

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I'm as surprised as you are, but the Amazon Basics microphone is genuinely good. Our Andy gave it 86% in his review, as while it's not the best microphone in the world, it's so darn cheap and so darn ...

The Sennheiser MK4 condenser microphone has a large gold-plated diaphragm and is the perfect studio mic for vocals and voice-overs. In the world of high-end microphones, the kind that are used for ...

As a game journalist, interviews and travel is the name of the game. More than once I’ve found myself lugging gear from country to country, working again on refining and simplifying my set up. One of ...

Fig. 1: Diagrams from Wente’s 1916 patent application show the condenser microphone in cutaway view. Diaphragm (#6), which is grounded, is stretched only 5/10000th of an inch from the backplate (#7), ...