Countryman B2D Directional Lavalier
lavalier (clip-on/tie-tack, body-mounted)
MicrophonePrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Microphone
- Description
- lavalier (clip-on/tie-tack, body-mounted)
- Topology
- condenser (electret)
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- miniature capsule, 0.22 oz without connector / 0.52 oz with TA4F
- Connection
- fixed or detachable connector (e.g. TA4F); wide range of wireless-bodypack-specific connectors available
- Powered
- requires wireless bodypack/preamp bias power (no battery in mic itself)
- Drivers
- single electret condenser capsule
- Frequency response
- 50 Hz to 18 kHz
- Max SPL
- W4: 120 dB SPL; W5: 130 dB SPL; W6: 140 dB SPL (cap-dependent)
- Sensitivity
- W4: 6.0 mV/Pa (-44 dB); W5: 2.0 mV/Pa (-54 dB); W6: 0.7 mV/Pa (-63 dB)
- Polar pattern
- hypercardioid (marketed as smallest directional lavalier in the world; interchangeable W4/W5/W6 caps shape sensitivity/max SPL)
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
I/O: 5 ft aramid-reinforced cable to fixed or detachable connector
Notable use: Cited use at First Baptist Church Snellville and Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Hypercardioid pattern gives 6-10 dB additional gain-before-feedback vs omni lavaliers per manufacturer. Available in 5 colors, treated as trivial variant. Price not published on manufacturer site.