Countryman E2 Earset Microphone

The E2 sits over the ear like the E6 but stops short of the cheek, putting a hypercardioid element roughly 5 in from the mouth instead of the 8 to 10 in a chest lavalier has to work across. An equalizing circuit built into the audio connector corrects for that placement, so the low end stays full and the highs stay clean rather than thin and distant. Because it never reaches the front of the face, it hides in most hairstyles and clears earrings, and it is the practical answer for performers an E6 boom overshoots.

The payoff shows up when the wearer turns their head: the E2 moves with them, so gain and tone hold steady instead of dropping the bass and inviting a correction that starts a feedback chase. It is offered in two sensitivities, W5 for general speaking and vocals and W6 for extremely loud vocal work, in four skin-tone colors, with a detachable connector so a transmitter change means swapping the cable, or as a bare XLR lead for 48V phantom power.