Sony ECMCS3 Clip Style Omnidirectional Stereo Microphone, Silver,Wired

The media could not be loaded. This is a Stereo microphone with two inputs (L & R). This microphone works nicely and records my voice with minimal background noise. The audio level is descent with some fine tuning. Feels like an economy microphone and it is plastic. But overall a good value for money.This mic requires only the power provided from the line level (the 3.5mm jack). No need for batteries. Make sure you're connecting this to an output that provide that power.I use this for making simple instructions videos and to do live commentary on my video games. I shall update this with a video review later.This is a good value for money if you want to use 3.5mm microphones. You can step-up from here by using microphones with XLR interface, and although those are relatively cheap, you would need some sort of a sound card/audio recorder or a camcorder that has XLR input. You will also need to be wary about power requirement like Phantom Power, or battery power (some of those mics come with batteries in them!)COMPATABILITYCompatible out of the box with my Canon 6D. I added an extension cable (C2G / Cables To Go 13787 3.5 mm M/F shielded Stereo Audio Extension Cable (6 Feet/1.82 Meters) to get more range!Does not work directly with MacBook Pro. I got this to work with MacBook Pro 15 Retina by using a cheap adapter Mobile Phone Audio Splitter Cable with one 3.5mm Male (TRRS) and two 3.5mm (TRS) Female connectors, one for external 3.5mm Speaker and one for external 3.5mm Microphone by ZaxSoundUPDATE:I have successfully used this with TASCAM DR-40 4-Track Portable Digital Recorder by using an XLR male to 3.5mm female adapter CamDesign Stereo 3.5mm Mini Female to Male XLR Audio Adaptor for Tascam recorder, Zoom H5N , Rode Videomic ,Videomic Pro , Sennheiser Mke400, Canon XA20 XA25. However, you will have to set TASCAM DR-40 to Mic + Phantom Power. Do NOT use Phantom power with 1/4" male to 3.5mm adapter. This could damage your microphone. I think the adapter adapts phantom power to line power. Not sure.

I love this mic, it's inexpensive, small and has great sound quality for the price. Only real con of it is that it's cheap feeling (which I guess is fitting since it is inexpensive). I've bought one a few years ago, never had issues, and just bought it again. So It might be more durable than I thought.It is true stereo, if your device supports it. For those on Android (since that's all I can speak on, since i'm an android user), you'll need a 4 Pole Y splitter to 3 pole mic, 3 pole audio:ENVEL 3.5mm Jack Cable Adapter Kit Mutual Convertors for PC Mac PS4 Xbox one headset and Smartphone Tablet Earphone with Headphone/Microphone Simultaneously Y Splitter Audio 2 Female to 1 Male (Cable)The real problem comes in finding an app on android that actually allows true stereo input, I haven't found one, only ones that duplicate the channel. Though I've tested the stereo feature on my laptop.If you do use this on a Windows PC (since again, that's the one I use, can't speak on Apple), with Realtek audio drivers and one 3.5mm 4-pole input, a box will come up and you'll want to choose mic, though if you use the Y adapter I listed on your PC, then you need to choose "headset" for it to work, that even goes for 4-pole lavalier mics. Common issue people have when plugging stuff into their PC. In Audacity a free open source and rather amazing audio program for Windows, you can see that it's stereo.I bought one for my car, to make a handsfree kit out of a y-splitter, aux cable, and a 4-pole extension cord. It works well and the audio quality is really nice.

I purchased this to work with a zoom h1 recorder "on talent" during interviews at an expo a few weekends ago.It did the job at a good price point for me. The place was very noisy and the on camera mic was mostly picking up crowd noise from my shooting angle. Without this lav mic I would have had nothing for usable audio.The cord length was fine for me. I just had talent feed cord down the shirt and hooked it up to the zoom hi which when leveled and locked, they just stuffed into a pocket and forgot about. At that point it acted like a wireless audio feed I could sync up later.Worked great in fnal edit and clients were impressed.Did 3 quick interviews this way and was pleased with the results. Setups were very quick, get levels , lock the buttons and stuff the zoom h1 in talent's front pocket. This combo really works for me and the clients were happy with how quick I was able to set up from person to person.Now granted, the audio still needed some sweetening in post but it gave me the isolation I needed from the crowd.I am sure there are higher quality mics out there for the job, but I wanted something stereo and this delivered well.Another thing that made me choose this was that it didn't have a super long cord as well as it didn't have a built in battery to contend with.I bought the zoom h1 with this mic because it provided the "plug in power" for the mic.These two work well together for compactness and getting the job done.You can spend more or less money depending on your budget. This was the first and only lav mic I have tried and was not disappointed. I liked it!I found nothing horrible about this mic in post audio editing, was able to get a good s/n ratio and with slight manipulations to certain frequencies, it sounded just fine to me. What was most important was the fact that the clients enjoyed it.**Don't make the same mistake I did and order it last minute before the gig. the two day shipping effectively doubled the price, ha!You know what? Still worth it....Hope this review helps you - I spent a while watching / listening to youtube reviews before settling and I would suggest you do the same.