wdwd [CC BY 3.0] The electret condenser microphone that I bought for pennies is a capacitor microphone, so why is there no high voltage supply? The answer comes from the material that comprises ...

The capsule is good at rejecting off-axis sounds, but as this is a condenser mic, it picks up more room noise than a less-sensitive dynamic mic. The upside of using a condenser capsule is you get ...