Olympus ME-52 3.5 mm Monaural Wired Microphone

Not particularly cheap but provided effective noise cancelling when used with a Chinese Android car headunit.

Bought this to fix in the end of a Sony ICD-UX512, a small 1x4x10cm digital recorder, because the built in stereo mics pick up too much surrounding 'clatter'.This Olympus ME 52 slots neatly in the end of the recorder and no messy trailing wires or clips.it rotates and swivels so you can place the recorder flat ant the mic will be generally in the direction you want.Or hand holding the recorder you can point the mike where you want and hold the recorder so its screen is visible and controls are easy to operate.The mic picks up its power from the recorder ok.the sound is a major improvement, which is a relief. pointing at wife and daughter on computer chatting about 20ft away they cam out clear and keyboard 'tapping' was appropriate level and no sudden intrusion of background clatter or noise.when i spoke [from behind] the voice was clearly louder but not a lot or excessively so.I like this as it balances sound reasonably well.Note recording is mono using left channel.

Good product. The sound quality is very good for one-to-one interviews done in a large room. It arrived quickly and I am very pleased.

A few things in the product leaflet not clear from the description:'not suitable for conference recording''Do not use this microphone with any recorder that cannot supply power to an external microphone'Most small microphones need no power supply, and will at least work to some extent with a wide range of devices. Not so this one.It works with my Olympus DS-330 - and presumably with other Olympus recorders, assuming that all their products supply the necessary voltage.It does not work at all (even though the 3.5mm jack is a perfect fit) with anything else I have of other brands such as PC, laptop, mp3 players, cassette-type walkman, PA/Karakoke machine, etc.

Received this item within 24 hrs of ordering and used it in a lecture within an hour of opening it. Well made, robust but neat and discreet this microphone is a must for anyone looking to use a modestly priced digital voice recorder for longer distance recordings without or without high ambient noise. My recorder is the VN-6800PC. Typically in a busy lecture theatre up to 10-20m from the speaker with papers rustling, packets being opened and secondary conversations underway this little beauty does a great job of enhancing the primary subject and filtering out some of the unwanted rubbish. Not used the extension lead or tie clip yet but those look useful additions to the package as well.

I have to admit that the first one sent to me was faulty and did not work on my Olympusvoice recorder so I had to return it.This I did and the replacement IS FANTASTIC. It works WELL above my expectations.The only point that needs to be made is that this mic does not allow the recorder to beused in "Conference Mode" - not a problem to me, but it might be important to some people.This mic is VERY sensitive and works well in the "voice activated mode" on my Olympusvoice recorder.In this mode my Olympus VN-713PC recorder runs for just over 48 Hours Non-Stop - In adomestic situation - on one fully charged set (2) of 950 mAh NiMh Batteries.I am VERY impressed with this microphone.Mr. B.S. Kent.

This really doesn’t work: the sound quality is poor & distorted. I’m close to binning it.

When I saw this mic, I couldn't help thinking that it was going to disappoint, but considering the price I thought what the heck, let's try it. I record music sessions in pubs and I'm delighted by the way it cuts out a lot of the background noise. It is also very sensitive during low sound levels, once you download onto the computer the reproduction is good for such a small item. For the price it's very good value for money and it's definitely worth buying.