Mini Metal Clip-On Condenser Microphone with 3.5mm Plug

A call comes in and the laptop mic picks up the whole room. This mini condenser microphone clips to a collar and plugs into a separate mic socket with its 3.5 mm three-pole plug. It suits streamers, call handlers and anyone recording speech at a desk.

A Separate Mic Socket Is All It Needs

✅ Clips where you speak The metal clip fixes the head to a collar or stand, keeping the capsule near your mouth.

✅ Separate jack, cleaner feed It uses the PC or sound card mic socket, keeping voice and headphone output on separate paths.

✅ Long enough to sit back The cable runs 1.5 metres from socket to microphone head.

✅ Nothing to charge There is no built-in battery, so a session starts as soon as it is plugged in.

✅ Tuned for the speaking voice Rated from 100 Hz to 16 kHz, the band where speech sits.

The plug is a three-pole 3.5 mm type, and it wants a machine with a microphone socket of its own, separate from the headphone socket. On a laptop or desktop with one combined headset jack the microphone has nowhere to go, which is the first thing to check before ordering. A sound card or a PC with two clearly marked sockets is the right host.

Clipped to a shirt collar the capsule sits a hand's width from the mouth, and the 1.5 metre cable leaves room to lean back or stand at a desk without tugging the plug. For calls, narration and stream commentary the setup is one connection and no software, which is the point of a wired capsule this small.

The numbers describe a microphone built for ordinary mic inputs rather than a studio chain. Impedance is given as 2.2 kΩ or less and the signal-to-noise ratio as 60 dB or more, so a normal sound card or laptop input is enough and no preamp is needed. The head itself is 6.0 by 2.7 mm, small enough to stay out of shot on camera.

The body is metal and plastic in black, with the metal clip fixed to the head. Because there is no battery inside, there is also no charging routine and no state of charge to think about mid-session; the capsule runs from the operating voltage the mic input supplies.

Technical details

• Type: mini condenser microphone, wired
• Connection: 3.5 mm three-pole plug
• Cable length: 1.5 m
• Frequency range: 100 Hz to 16 kHz
• Impedance: 2.2 kΩ or less
• Signal-to-noise ratio: 60 dB or more
• Power: 2.0 V operating voltage, no built-in battery
• Body: metal and plastic, black
• Certification: CE
• In the box: 1 microphone with metal clip

Clip it to your collar, plug it into the mic socket and speak at your normal level.

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