Sony Electret Condenser Omni-directional Flat Tabletop Microphone For Conference Meeting Recording or Phone Conferencing with Boundary Effect Design - For all Digital or Analog Recording Devices

by Sony

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002ALQ60U
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 20, 2009

Product Description

Designed specifically for recording meetings, the ECM-F9 from Sony® is an electret condenser microphone with a high-quality output and a small, inconspicuous design. As a tabletop omni-directional microphone, the ECM-F9 picks up sound from all directions, ensuring that speech is easily discernable, even in multiple sound source environments. As a boundary microphone, the ECM-F9 is able to offer a flatter frequency response than many other microphones by reducing frequency distorting reflections, providing a low-noise signal even when the microphone is at a distance from the sound source. A frequency response of 50 to 12,000 Hz captures the most important speech frequencies, while a -51 (+/-4 dBm) effective output level delivers a strong signal to the recording device. The ECM-F9 operates on a CR2025 lithium battery, which has a life of approximately 330 hours. The mini plug connects directly to most portable laptops, PC's, and recorders, while its L-shape helps ensure that it doesn't come disconnected during use. Small and unobtrusive, the ECM-F9 weighs just 0.88 ounces (including battery and cord) while its 3.3 foot cord lets you position the mic a reasonable distance from your recording device. Also a perfect PC microphone for Skype or Yahoo messenger internet conversations.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely useless when you think about it...., August 5, 2009

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Gregory T. Ourada "ouradaj" (Atlanta, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony Electret Condenser Omni-directional Flat Tabletop Microphone For Conference Meeting Recording or Phone Conferencing with Boundary Effect Design - For all Digital or Analog Recording Devices (Electronics)

DO NOT BUY THIS MICROPHONE IF YOU CARE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE ACTUALLY RECORDING A SESSION OR NOT. Steer clear!!! These mikes might look great, but of what use are they when they need a battery and there is no low battery indicator? There is absolutely no way to know that you're not getting a recording until you try to play something back and there's nothing there or it's faint sounding. What a useless microphone!! You also have to turn the microphone on and off on the bottom which is difficult to do because of the switch design and if you forget to turn it off, you'll run your battery down. Arrh!! This is the worst waste of money of my whole life... Thankfully, I only bought two, and they are not terribly expensive.

As a court repoorter, I'm always looking for new equipment and thought I would try these mikes for court as they looked low key and would be a nice addition to my microphone stable. I didn't see in the specs that they also require batteries (which by the way, don't come with the microphones) and I bought them only to find they would be of no use to me in my work as I can't run the risk of not getting a perfect recording each time.

Do not buy these microphones -- any microphone that needs independent batteries and doesn't have a low battery indicator is worthless. I highly recommend the Labtec VERSE 333 MON MOUNT MIC ( 980184-0403 ) which are available on Amazon and are cheaper than the Sony. They have identical plugs and are about the same size. I have three of them and they work great. I have never had a problem. I take down courtrooms, public meetings in large rooms, depositions -- and I get everything clearly enough to be able to provide a perfect transcript to my clients.

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do you have another one available?, June 1, 2011

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Mallory - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony Electret Condenser Omni-directional Flat Tabletop Microphone For Conference Meeting Recording or Phone Conferencing with Boundary Effect Design - For all Digital or Analog Recording Devices (Electronics)

Do you have another one available?

Sony ECM-F8 Electret Condenser Omni-directional Flat Tabletop Microphone For Conference Meeting Recording or Phone Conferencing with Boundary Effect Design - For all Digital or Analog Recording Devices
Cost each $19.49

Thanks!