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Any recommendations for microphones that are (a) high-quality, (b) cheap (under US$5.00), (c) small (under a cubic centimeter), and (d) with analog output (such
by alister 11y ago
Any recommendations for microphones that are (a) high-quality, (b) cheap (under US$5.00), (c) small (under a cubic centimeter), and (d) with analog output (such as a 1/8-inch plug)?
Note that high-quality and cheap are not contradictory requirements. iPhones and other smartphones have extremely high-quality microphones (and they are tiny) and must certainly cost much less than $5 as a part, but they seem impossible to find. Every off-the-shelf mic under $5 that I've tried has been garbage in terms of sound quality, and even much more expensive ones have not been great.
Good mics certainly exist. Here's a compact analog microphone I own that has fantastic sound quality:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Electret-Condenser-Microphone-ECM-C115/dp/B00012FVRE http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Electret-Condenser-Microphone-ECM...
But it's ridiculous that this microphone costs 6x as much as the CHIP and 10x as the RPi Zero. You can't build a product around the CHIP or the RPi if an essential part is that expensive.
- bitJericho 11y agoThis is my favorite cheap microphone. It does need to be fairly close, I'd say within 5 feet: http://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Acoustics-100Hz-Microphone-ACM-1B/dp/B0000511GQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1451871749&sr=8-4&keywords=cyber+acoustics+microphone http://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Acoustics-100Hz-Microphone-ACM-1...
- jononor 11y agoElectret microphone capsule with couple of transistors preamp can give very good results, but requires some electronics skills I guess...