Countryman B6 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 (marketed as smallest lavalier in the world, ~0.1in diameter), 0.07 oz
- Connection
- detachable connector - 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
- 20 Hz to 20 kHz
- Max SPL
- W4: 120 dB SPL; W5: 130 dB SPL; W6: 140 dB SPL (cap-dependent)
- Sensitivity
- W4 (gray): 16.0 mV/Pa; W5 (red): 7.0 mV/Pa; W6 (blue): 2.0 mV/Pa
- Polar pattern
- omnidirectional (sensitivity/max-SPL shaped by interchangeable W4/W5/W6 protective caps)
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
I/O: 5 ft cable to detachable connector
Notable use: Cited for water-sports documentation use by HartFX, LLC
Notes: JUDGMENT CALL: three interchangeable protective caps (W4/W5/W6) change sensitivity/noise/max-SPL, pattern remains omni. Available in 5 colors, treated as trivial variant. Includes optional detachable wireless adapter. Equivalent noise 24/29/39 dBA by cap. Price not published on manufacturer site.