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Hi there!

I'm writing to ask for recommendations on type and brand of microphone
to buy for a focus group room.

Basically, we're trying to record a free ranging conversation of
several (6-7) people in a room. But we don't want them to be reminded
of the microphones, so we are really interested in some kind of wall
microphone-- if that's possible.

We have some cheap wall microphones (shaped like small speakers) on the
wall, but they are so bad! We are interested in something high
quality-- one person recommended Shure microphones to us, and
recommended that we spend about $400 on the speakers.

I have been checking out speaker sites and the Shure catalog, but I am
really confused as to the different kinds of microphones! What is a
"boundary microphone"? Is that good for our purposes? It looked good
because it looked like a microphone in a nontraditional shape that
could be put off to the side (ie not in people's faces), and that is
one of the things we are looking for... but I don't really know what
boundary microphones are intended to be for.

Does anyone here have any advice on what kind of microphones to buy? I
really appreciate your time- especially if anyone could explain to me
boundary mikes and what they're for. I did check on Wiki beforehand
Couldn't find anything.

Thanks so much!

Best,

Lisa