On the shelf: Microphone Gear

Vocci has released a $249 ring under 6 g that records up to eight hours of meetings per charge and turns them into AI transcripts, highlights and summary notes. […]

Lorde's Ultrasound World Tour, ending at Austin City Limits on 10 October 2026, uses only four vocal mics on stage, all DPA d:facto 4018VL, with Wisycom in-ear monitoring. […]

Sennheiser has begun shipping the Spectera SKM handheld transmitter, completing the core of its bidirectional wideband wireless system, with latency down to 1.0 ms in UHF and 1.4 GHz versions. […]

TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik returned as official microphone sponsor of Supernova International Ska Festival, providing mics for both stages at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on 12–13 September 2026. […]

Hollyland's low-cost LARK A2 pairs an 8.5 g transmitter with three-level AI noise cancellation, app-based AI tuning and up to 42 hours of battery with the case. […]

DPA introduced the 6388 CORE+ directional headset microphone with an asymmetrical capsule, shifted acoustic axis, left or right boom, IP58 rating and a refined Act headset frame. […]

MID49's EVF Cable & XLR Handle Riser for the Sony FX5 passes the hot-shoe signal to the XLR-H2 or XLR-H1 handle and extends the DVF-EL1 viewfinder. It costs $595. […]

DPA 4098 gooseneck microphones carried Pope Leo XIV's addresses during his week in Spain, while a Wisycom wireless system supported the Canary Islands broadcast. […]

Plaud's first earphones record calls, while their eSIM-equipped case records in-person talks and lets users send tasks to AI agents without a phone. Preorders cost $249. […]

Teenage Engineering redesigned its handheld effects microphone as the EP-2350 FX MIC, with four voice effects, four sample slots, a line output and a price of $58 / EUR 59. […]