What is a Lapel Microphone?
A lapel microphone is a very handy tool for those speaking in public. It attaches to clothing and takes the place of a more static-position microphone. The lapel microphone can amplify a voice and ensure quality communication with very little extra equipment. By its very nature, a lapel microphone is quite small. It has a powerful reach and yet is small enough to be held between two fingers. It doesn’t have an unlimited range, however, and must be attached to clothing within a foot or two of the mouth. A lapel microphone is most often placed on the flap of a button-down or polo shirt or to the top part of a blouse or other kind of shirt or top. Often, a lapel microphone is plugged into a console clipped to the belt or otherwise attached to clothing. As long as the lapel microphone is plugged into the console, the person’s words are transmitted outward so that others can hear. In this way, the user of a lapel microphone is dependent on that console, which must be switched on and have a
