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2. Gooseneck (fixture) - Wikipedia

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   Additional stands or mounts are not required due to the rigid shape of the gooseneck. In automobiles, gooseneck constructions are used to hold navigation systems or mobile phones. In the 1970s, car audio equipment manufacturer Blaupunkt produced a series of car radios with a control unit on a gooseneck; in the models Berlin, Sylt and BEQ-S ...

3. Microphone stand - Wikipedia

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   A rare type of microphone stand is the bottomless microphone stand—essentially a microphone stand with no base, so a singer must hold it throughout a live performance. It is useful as a mobile prop. Freddie Mercury (the lead singer of Queen), discovered the device by accident: he grabbed a standard microphone stand with such force that it ...

4. Boundary microphone - Wikipedia

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   In 1978, audio engineers Ed Long and Ron Wickersham studied the effects of the boundary layer in sound recording. In a study of flush-mounted microphones, they realized if the mic is only a few millimeters away from a large surface, there is a boost in coherence of sound signals, as they are still in phase after being stopped at the boundary.

5. Presidential lecterns of the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 1987, President Ronald Reagan used a Blue Goose lectern to give the "Tear down this wall!" speech in West Berlin. Described by Politico as "bulky" and "formal", [4] and named by the United States Secret Service after the color of its top and its gooseneck microphone, [5] the bullet-resistant [2] or bullet-proof [5] Blue Goose lecterns are boxy, with a dark blue desk section and dark panels ...

6. Sound reinforcement system - Wikipedia

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   Microphones on stands are also placed in front of instrument amplifiers to pick up the sound. Headset-mounted and tie-clip-mounted microphones are often used with wireless transmission to allow performers or speakers to move freely. Early adopters of headset mounted microphones technology included country singer Garth Brooks, [6] Kate Bush, and ...

7. Microphone - Wikipedia

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   An Audio-Technica shotgun microphone The interference tube of a shotgun microphone. The capsule is at the base of the tube. Shotgun microphones are the most highly directional of simple first-order unidirectional types. At low frequencies, they have the classic polar response of a hypercardioid, while at medium and higher frequencies an ...