Topic: Experience and Advice for Sound Professionals SP-EHB-2

[Dent7777]

Hi all,

First post on the forums, not finding much on this specific mic through search so I thought I'd make a post asking about it.
I'm upgrading from an extremely cheap lapel lavalier mic to my first hobbyist level mic, the Sound Professionals SP-EHB-2 Low Noise Ear-mounted Binaural microphones. I'll be running them with the SP-SPSB-4 Micro-mini stereo microphone plug-in power supply with mini 12vdc battery, with windscreens, and either going directly into my phone's aux port from there, or using a 3.5mm aux to usb-c dongle, depending on how my comparison testing goes.

Does anyone have any experience with this mic, any advice or tips to give?

I'm going to be recording a range of music from lighter alt country to heavier classic, punk, and psychedelic rock. I'm trying to put together a bootleg archive for acts associated with the genre-hopping Canadian Band Daniel Romano's Outfit, see here: https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Daniel+Romano%27s+Outfit%22.

[Dent7777]

Shoutout to @kylieshotpants and @prepschoolalumniblues , who have posted about their SP-EHB-2's here.

[TheJez]

Welcome to the forum, good you asked about this!
I have no experience with these, but when reading the specs, even the standard sensitivity option seems rather sensitive and it can't handle very loud sound pressure (max SPL 120dB). Hence with punk, rock and other loud stuff there seem to be a reasonable risk of overloading the analog input stage of your recorder (which type you didn't mention b.t.w. but seems relevant here) and/or the mics themselves, even with the 12V battery box...
So think carefully and be well-advised! You may ask Sound Professionals too for their advise.