Product Description

NOISE CANCELLING MICROPHONE FOR USE WITH OLYMPUS DIGITAL VOICE RECORDERS. COMES WITH 3.5MM MONAURAL PLUG, TIEPIN CLIP, AND EXTENSION CORD.

Product Details

• Brand: Olympus
• Model: 145055
• Released on: 2007-02-01
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: .80" h x 2.00" w x 4.40" l, 1.06 pounds

Features

• Noise canceling microphone for Olympus digital voice recorders
• Ideal for use in high-noise environments
• Includes 3.3-foot extension cord to make ideal placement easy
• Includes a windscreen cover and a convenient tie-clip

From the Manufacturer
The Olympus ME-52 Noise Cancellation Microphone is an ideal accessory to have around when background noise may be a problem. The ME-52W plugs directly into your digital recorder's 3.5mm microphone jack for unidirectional recording in high-noise environments. It will cut down on much of the background noise and result in a more accurate transcription. It also comes with windscreen cover, a tie-clip, and 3.3-foot extension cord. Please note: When using with a recorder with a 2.5mm mic jack, purchase the PA-1 plug adapter.

Customer Reviews

Does just what you want
For a cheapo microphone, I was pleasantly surpised with how well this worked at picking up speakers who were a distance away. You may have to adjust the sensitivity of the recorder, because the sensitivity of this mic is significantly higher than the built-in stereo mic, and recording to 'hot' will result in garbled, distorted sound.

The Olympus recorders seem to select sensitivity with labels like 'dictate' and 'conference', where 'conference' would normally be used in a distant recording situation but if the record bar hits the right side of the screen you want to set it to the lower sensitivity mode 'dictate'. In any case, with this (mono) mic you should change your recording mode to Mono so you can get double the record time.

Be careful before ordering
Be careful. This microphone requires power to be applied from your recording device. This is described on the box and in the enclosed spec sheet, but I don't see anything about it on the Amazon site.

Did not work at all with my laptop.

Also the noise "cancelation" is only provided by a directional shield. True cancellation is obtained by using a stereo mike with the two pickups wired to cancel noise that arrives at both equally.

So far, so good
I use this mic in conjunction with an iTalk on my iPod. I have only used it 3-4 times, but it makes a huge difference when I compare it to iTalk's mic. I'm not sure if it's bad technology in the iTalk, or good tech. with the mic.