The Importance of a Big Desk Mounted Radio Mic

A big desk mounted radio microphone is a mic for speaking Not for listening. When you're an old school radio reporter You don't go into the field with a giant U87 in your backpack Or a Shure SM7B No, you go out with some similar hand held mic Like the kind that I'm holding up to the camera now For the people who are watching on home video  you don't jam one of those giant mics into their face That would be ridiculous. A giant desks mounted mic Really ought not be the visual symbol of our entire industry Julia argued.