Topic: Best Performance vs. Cost Lav Mic for Voice?

[RoganSarine]

Does anyone got any recommendations? I got a few in mind, but I with the stupidly large selection of Lav mics, I figure I'd ask before stupidly jumping on purchasing items.

[dogmusic]

Does anyone got any recommendations? I got a few in mind, but I with the stupidly large selection of Lav mics, I figure I'd ask before stupidly jumping on purchasing items.

Here are some on sale:

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?category=135&item=SP-LAV-2-2M

Not sure of their quality.

[acidjack]

A lot of the "small mics" folks on here use for low-profile recording are really intended as lav mics.  That said:

1- it would help to have an intended price range
2- keep in mind that most people here are using the mics to record music, not only voice, so what is considered an acceptable quality/price tradeoff for recording full-range music may be different than for recording only voice.

[Red Boink]

I do a lot of work on interviews in my job and use mostly countryman B6, tram tr50s, or sanken cos-11s.  Those are favs and in my kit... Picked up a couple of akg  c147 lavs for $30 each on ebay as throw away "danger" mics and was surprised by how good they sound.  I recommend them...

[guysonic]

There are many choices of vocal mics with each offering unique vocal characteristics for changing the recorded vocal sound.

My aproach is to use a personally worn  (directly on the head like a set of headphones) to record your voice exactly as you hear it.  Email me with a copy of your post for pricing on a custom built mic fitting your stated needs.
See /hear examples at www.sonicstudios.com/mp3.htm

[George2]

http://www.oscarsoundtech.com/services.html