Countryman Isomax Headset Microphone

The Isomax Headset is the one Countryman built for singers rather than speakers, and it has stayed on riders for decades because of what it rejects. Its directional pattern holds tight enough to beat most handheld vocal mics for monitor rejection, so a performer can work in front of loud wedges at stage volume without the engineer riding a notch filter. The headframe stays put through choreography, and the capsule tolerates sweat, weather, and stage makeup better than headsets that cost more.

The voice itself is wide and warm rather than shaped: response runs 20 Hz to 20 kHz, and the 48 V phantom version reaches 150 dB SPL at 1% THD with a 600 Ohm balanced output, so it does not run out of headroom on a belted chorus. Order it in the pattern the room needs, in a wireless configuration wired for a specific transmitter or as a hardwired phantom-powered version, in four skin-tone colors. Countryman's standard oval windscreen fits it for breath and wind protection.