Audio-Technica BPHS1 Broadcast Stereo Headset

The BPHS1 was built for on-air news and sports work: a high-output dynamic microphone rides on a flexible gooseneck boom that swings to either side, and its cardioid pickup rejects off-axis crowd noise and PA bleed so the talent's voice stays clean in a loud stadium or a breaking-news scrum. Closed-back circumaural ear cups seal out the room, which matters as much for hearing a producer's cue clearly as it does for keeping the mic's own headphone bleed out of the broadcast.

Standard units terminate in a 3-pin XLRM for the mic and a 1/4-inch stereo phone plug for the headphones, wired for a typical broadcast console. The BPHS1-XF4 swaps that for a single 4-pin XLRM comms connector, the format many intercom and beltpack systems expect, so the same headset works straight off an ENG cart or a broadcast truck without an adapter. Both versions share the same 264 g build, a 3.3 m detachable cable, and three windscreens in the box.