Countryman B3 Omnidirectional Lavalier
lavalier (clip-on/tie-tack, hair-worn, body-mounted)
MicrophonePrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Microphone
- Description
- lavalier (clip-on/tie-tack, hair-worn, body-mounted)
- Topology
- condenser (electret)
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- miniature capsule, 0.23in x 0.18in (5.8x4.6mm), 0.012 oz
- Connection
- detachable connector - wide range of wireless-bodypack-specific connectors available, or fixed XLR/phantom cable option
- Powered
- requires wireless bodypack bias or external phantom power (no battery in mic itself)
- Drivers
- single electret condenser capsule
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz to 20 kHz
- Max SPL
- 140 dBA SPL (wireless, 5V) / 150 dBA SPL (phantom, 48V)
- Sensitivity
- W4 cap: 12.0 mV/Pa (-38 dB re 1V/Pa); W5 cap: 4.0 mV/Pa (-48 dB re 1V/Pa)
- Polar pattern
- omnidirectional (sensitivity/response shaped by interchangeable W4/W5 protective caps)
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
I/O: 5 ft cable to detachable connector
Notable use: Used on Big Brother Canada production (per manufacturer case study); documentary and aerial/water-sports production use cited
Notes: JUDGMENT CALL: interchangeable W4/W5 protective caps change sensitivity/max SPL, not documented as changing polar pattern (stays omni). Sold with dozens of wireless-transmitter-specific detachable connector options (not individually itemized here). Available in 5 colors (Black, Cocoa, Light Beige, Tan, White) - treated as trivial variant, not separate rows. Equivalent noise 24 dBA. Price not published on manufacturer site.