Lav mic that can rival ATR2100x?

[dylansmith]

Using it for zoom meetings and occasional tutorial video recordings. I know they are different animals altogether, but what is the closest match I can get? To be used in an untreated room, budget <150.

 

[paulears]

None of the lavs will sound like a dynamic, and of course lavs tend to be omni making room reflections worse. I’d suggest buying a cheapie to try if you can’t borrow one. There are wired Chinese ones with for phantom adaptors for quite low amounts on AliExpress or ebay. Try one out, I bought one for curiosity and they’re quite neutral and quite eqable.

 

[Throwback]

None of the lavs will sound like a dynamic

Unless the lav mic is dynamic too, like the Shure SM11. In fact this might be the only dynamic lav mic still made (I think the Electro-Voice 649B is no longer in production). But, of course, the difference in pattern (omni vs cardioid) will make for a large difference in sound, so no point in getting such an esoteric lav in the hope it will match.

Cheers,

Roland

 

[dylansmith]

Unless the lav mic is dynamic too, like the Shure SM11. In fact this might be the only dynamic lav mic still made (I think the Electro-Voice 649B is no longer in production). But, of course, the difference in pattern (omni vs cardioid) will make for a large difference in sound, so no point in getting such an esoteric lav in the hope it will match.

Cheers,

Roland

I already have a cheap Chinese lav mic, but was told it sounds very "stuffy" and lacking clarity compared to my ATR2100x, so was hoping there's a comparable lav that can match my dynamic.

 

[Rick R]

The SM11 is a good mic.. however it has very low sensitivity (inherent with dynamics). I like headset and earset mics, if seeing it is not of importance. I recently (at least prior to COVID) got some lowcost Polsen ESM-1, mics as back-ups for the client's 25 Countryman E6 mics. I was surprised at the 'decent' sound. Otherwise the build was what one would expect for a $15 mic. I added some clear heat shrink to beef up the points that would be prone to break. Even the TA4 connector plugs (for Shure Tx in our case) were of the solder-on type and could be disassembled for repair or inspection.