Philips Lfh 9171 Mikrofon

It's too expensive to return, so in the junk pile it goes.

have not tried them yet. .but should work on porable laptop with no built in mic.

Looks nice but the output is quite low. I think a better microphone is the Olympus ME-52W. I use the Olympus in a hearing aid and it works much better than the Philips.

I'm in law school and purchased this to go with the Philips digital recorder for lecture recording. Without the "microphone" you can hear the lecture fine although it picks up pretty much everything. I was hoping that the directional mic would change that. Instead you can hear almost nothing. No background noise and a very very faint whipering professor. I had to get someone else's recordings to replace the week when I tried to use this thing. It is a poor product and I'm shocked that it is even marketed. The performance is so outlandishly bad that even the word "microphone" is a misrepresentation. Do not buy.

This microphone is not for conference recording. The following is extracted from the user manual. Use the microphone * Speak in front of the microphone. * For best results, speak clearly and keep the microphone about 10 cm / 4 inches away from your mouth. * Use the wind shield for outdoor recordings and when recording for speech recognition. * Not suitable for conference recording. * Plugging in and out while recording may cause noise or malfunction.