Earthworks FM500 Podium Microphone

The FlexMic Series podium microphones offer superb sound quality with high intelligibility and incredible gain before feedback. Our patented polar technology allows an orator to move as much as 90 degrees off-axis and still maintain the same pristine sound quality. Choose from the FM 500 Cardioid microphone or the FM 500 Hypercardioid microphone.

FM 500 and 500 HC Features

• 19 inches long
• Cardioid or Hypercardioid polar pattern
• Ideal for most podium and house of worship applications
• Uniform frequency response on or off axis
• Ideal for positioning unobtrusively in an instrumental ensemble or in front of a choir for sound reinforcement or recording flat from 50Hz to 20kHz within + 2dB at 6 inches
• Will handle up to 145dB SPL
• No handling noise
• Will stay where you put it
• High rejection of sounds to the rear of the microphone
• Rejects RFI
• They will handle high sound pressure levels with high rejection of sounds to the rear of the microphone
• Incredible gain before feedback
• Orators can speak above, below or to either side of the microphone and maintain the same pristine sound quality with high intelligibility
• In circumstances with three people on the same microphone you can hear all three with the same exceptional sound quality

Earthworks FM 500 Datasheet (PDF 15,025 KB)