> Chuck Kopsho <Chuck
...@webtv.net> wrote:
>> I already own one of these mics. They're the same mics that were used
>>on game shows like The Price is Right and Match Game. Could anyone
>>please give me the tech specs for it. Plus could you please tell me
>>where I may find a users manual for it as well?
> If this is the telescoping wand mike, it came out in 1972 or so, and
> it's basically the same as the ECM-50 lavalier with a handle. This was
> the first back-electret capsule design to make it commercially, even
> before the SM-81.
> It's an omni. It's noisy. I forget what the integral FET is. It's
> actually pretty omni and not really very beamy at all. It pops like
> hell.
> What other specs do you want? Sony Broadcast probably has a datasheet
> online somewhere. The ECM-50 was one of the most popular lavs of all
> time, and after more than 40 years you still see them used today.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."f
If I may offer a clarification, the ECM-50 was not a back electret. It was