[fructose]

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.

[paulcole]

What is the Honda Civic? Relatively cheap, reliable, good enough for daily use for the overwhelming majority of people?

[0cf8612b2e1e]

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.

[hammock]

Shure BRH440 ($400) or Countryman H6 if you want the low-profile style ($500)

[__mharrison__]

See my response to parent comment.

[roumenguha]

Samson Q2U

[alabastervlog]

> 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.