USB C wired earbuds...microphone!

[mk05]

Possibly (most likely) a stupid question about wired earbud microphones.

I was just wondering if the microphones in earbud form-factors were pretty much the same. I can't find any information on the microphone part. Sometimes I can find info about dual drivers or graphene usage on the speaker part, but no efforts are taken to describe the microphone. I take a lot of calls, and I take off my bluetooth earbuds for my wired earbuds. I've been using AKG's for Samsung. They work well, but after about 2 months, the microphone housing, usually incorporated with the volume buttons, the buttons inevitably gets loose or starts creating chatter during the calls from usage/clicking and I have to clamp them down with tape. So I have 2 questions:

- Are all microphones the same in the wired earbuds, if not, can the forum recommend some earbuds with great microphones
- What is a better wired earbud design for the microphone voice pickup function? Right now there are 2 from what I see, a) a control block v down-microphone-v up, b) microphone at the earbud

 

[staticV3]

Are all microphones the same in the wired earbuds, if not, can the forum recommend some earbuds with great microphones

No, but no one bothers collecting data on, or comparing, different inline mics, so giving recommendations is tricky.

What is a better wired earbud design for the microphone voice pickup function?

Look up IEM Boom Mic.

I recently purchased five of those below $30 to compare, out of curiosity.

If those are something you'd be interested in, I'll gladly update you here once I've posted the results.

Just FYI, these are cables only, so the earphones need to be purchased separately, at which point you have to pay attention that earphones and boom mic cable use the same connector.

 

[mk05]

Thanks, I didn't know these existed. I'll keep the gamebuds solution on hold at amzn. Meanwhile, I would like some non-boom mic solutions