When designing a microphone assembly the other day, I reached for an electret condenser microphone capsule without thinking. To be strictly accurate I ordered a pack of them, these small cylindrical ...

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), ...

This video presentation provides an overview of CUI Inc’s Electret Condenser Microphones, including an introduction to electret condenser microphone technology and its working principles. It discusses ...

In the Aug. 10 issue, we wrote about the centennial of condenser microphones. Let’s look more closely at electret condenser microphones. Fig. 1: The few components that make up an electret microphone.

In a late-November post, I discussed various microphone options available (I quote) “in terms of options for you to consider using in your next virtual work meetings and/or off-hours jam sessions.” At ...

Before the invention of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphones, almost all microphones in cell phones and other electronics were a type of condenser microphone called the electret microphone ...

The HD 500 BAM is compatible with select Sennheiser headphones, including the HD 560S, HD 599 SE, HD 505, HD 569, and HD 620S ...

A line of waterproof electret condenser microphones Ingress Protection (IP) ratings of IP57, IP65, and IP67 has been announced by CUI’s Audio Group. Sensitivity ratings are said to range from -42 to ...

There are different kinds of microphones, but they all do about the same thing, which is to turn acoustic sounds into electronic signals that can be amplified, modified, or recorded. When you speak ...