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Re:Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound dur... by fructose on Thursday March 27, 2025 @01:47PM (#43496032)
I work in high end professional audio services for conferences, events, etc in Silicon Valley. The Ferrari of headset microphones in the industry is currently the DPA 6066 - the vocal nuances, timbre, and precision of the 6066 is that of a finely tuned instrument. Note that this is a mic only, you'll need something over or in ear to monitor audio from Zoom, Webex, etc.

Agree that the best mics for speech are headsets that tightly control the position of the mic.

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Re:Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound dur... by alabastervlog on Thursday March 27, 2025 @01:52PM (#43496085)
> DPA 6066

These are about $1,000 and look (though looks may be deceiving) shockingly easy to accidentally destroy, to save anyone wondering a Google.

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Re:Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound dur... by paulcole on Thursday March 27, 2025 @01:57PM (#43496139)
What is the Honda Civic? Relatively cheap, reliable, good enough for daily use for the overwhelming majority of people?
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Re:Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound dur... by 0cf8612b2e1e on Thursday March 27, 2025 @05:11PM (#43498228)
Not that I am qualified beyond the reviews I found, but I picked up a Shure 58 for $100. Supposedly used by many musicians and can be dropped/abused without issue.
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Re:Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound dur... by __mharrison__ on Thursday March 27, 2025 @05:13PM (#43498257)
See my response to parent comment.
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Re:Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound dur... by hammock on Thursday March 27, 2025 @05:23PM (#43498349)
Shure BRH440 ($400) or Countryman H6 if you want the low-profile style ($500)
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Re:Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound dur... by roumenguha on Friday March 28, 2025 @12:31AM (#43501549)
Samson Q2U
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