Sony ECMMS907 Digital Recording Microphone

Manufacturer:	Sony
List price:	~~$99.99~~
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Sony ECMMS907 Digital Recording Microphone

Average rating: Stars

Does Not Work With Computer Inputs

I have used the ECMMS907 to fill about 150 mini discs since I bought it three years ago. It runs lovingly on one AA battery (unlike it's watch-battery-dependent predecessor) and allows for two polor patterns 180 and 90 degrees. The casing of the unit is rugged. It includes wind screen, travel pouch, stand clip, and four foot cloth encased cable. I have been able to record everything from street musicians to Dave Bruebeck concerts.

In pro audio it isn't considerd cool to like Sony gear as it often uses digital tricks to achieve a bogus sense of higher fidelity, but Sony electronics are bulletproof and work exactly as designed until you lose them or back them over with your car. That said...

Lots of people I have spoken with purchased this microphone thinking they could jack into the 1/8" input on thier laptop computer and get desirable results. This might work if your microphone is inches away from a blaring guitar amp, but won't do well with amient recordings or speaking as the output gain is far too low. Most people are not happy in this situation.

Overall, worth every penny. Perhaps there is a modification out there to improve the output gain.

Sony ECMMS907 Digital Recording Microphone - Sony

Good recording results; holder doesn't fit standard stands

I like the results I have gotten with this microphone, both in a concert setting and recording myself and friends playing music with my minidisc recorder.

My only reason for giving this mic 4 out of 5 stars is that the thread size on the holder that comes with it does not fit the threads of any microphone stand I am aware of. Also, the body of the mic has a somewhat oblong shape instead of being perfectly round. As such, you'll have a hard time finding any standard mic holder to attach this microphone to a stand.

The solution is to go to Radio Shack and get their spring-clip style microphone holder. I think it cost me about $6, if that. It has standard threads to attach to a stand, and the sides of the holder have foam padding where they contact the mic, to give a good grip.

Of course, the holder is designed to act as its own "stand" if you want to set it on a table or desktop while recording. However, the mic can easily fall over if the table/desk is bumped or if the cord gets tugged inadvertently.

Otherwise, the mic has a nice, solid feel and appears to be well-constructed.

Sony - Sony ECMMS907 Digital Recording Microphone

Great microphone for instrument recording

I brought this microphone to record violin playing. The result was amazingly well. I did little modification to the microphone, by re-wiring it from stero to XLR. Using two of this kind of micropones, recording on both MR-8 8 track digital recorder and US-224 Tascam digital recorder, I could make CD at professional quality. Sony does make a professional microphone with similar technology. The difference between that one and this one is the connector. For this consumer product, they purposely made it not XLR. The simlar microphone with XLR connector sold over $200 each.

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