Recent content by audiosurveillanceguy22

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    Are surveillance microphones a thing?

    Hey, I really appreciate the constructive feedback. You're absolutely right—if you don’t already know exactly what you’re looking for, the site isn’t doing much to guide you, and that’s something we need to improve. The ML1-FE and ML1-HS are actually the same microphone, just with different...
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    Are surveillance microphones a thing?

    No comment! :lmao:
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    Are surveillance microphones a thing?

    Thank you for recognizing my intentions! I've noticed there is a lack of awareness for audio surveillance offerings in the CCTV/PoE IP camera world, so when I find someone asking a question about it or questioning if it even exists, I'm happy to share with them a solution that solves their...
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    Are surveillance microphones a thing?

    Yeah, that’s right! You might not have heard of us—we tend to fly under the radar—but we’ve been around for a while. We make a lot of products that solve the kinds of issues being discussed here, and certainly at higher quality and performance than anything you can get from Amazon (like what's...
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    Are surveillance microphones a thing?

    You should definitely check out ETS Inc. They manufacture a ton of audio surveillance microphones as well as various interfaces that make connecting external microphones to your camera easy. Their prices are more than reasonable and they've been around since the early 90s. Check out their...
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    Using single POE cable to power mic and camera

    Adding to the party a bit late, but a product exists that actually does exactly what you're looking for (if I'm reading you right). ETS manufactures a PoE audio adapter (the SMEA-1) that taps power from the IP cam cat5 run. It uses this power to operate a line-level microphone (ETS also makes a...
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    POE IP Microphone

    edited to add prices One of the most popular ways to accomplish IP audio is to get a relatively cheap PoE IP camera with a line or mic level input and then add an external microphone. This is because most camera's integrated microphones are garbage. If your camera has in internal cooling fan...