This was my all-around medium duty condenser that I just happened on, and I don't remember how, but no regrets!. The mic sounds great, and the Pad and Low-cut switching made it an easy choice for hi-hat or drum overhead. I also used it on acoustic guitars, strings, piano, and studio vocals. - Bob -
A Sony Electret Condenser Mic for Studio and Live Sound!
Some text from Sony -
- The ECM-23F utilizes a back-electret condenser capsule which results in a high quality sound pickup with excellent transient characteristics over a wide frequency range.
- The Low-cut switch and Pad switch are incorporated to permit good sound pickup in almost any circumstance.
- Double wind screen effectively reduces both wind and pop noise.







