Sennheiser MEB 114-S Cardioid Boundary Microphone (White)

The Sennheiser MEB 114-S in white is a cardioid boundary microphone for meeting tables, boardrooms, lecture halls and classrooms. The white version exists for an entirely practical reason: on a light table or in a modern interior with white furniture, a black microphone is a dark mark that a video-conference camera finds before it finds the speaker. Otherwise it is the same microphone — it lies on the surface, uses it as a reflector, and its cardioid pattern faces the speaker so the projector, the air conditioning and whatever is behind stay out.

Boundary microphone · white

White, so it disappears on a light table

In a modern interior with white furniture, a black microphone is a dark mark that a video-conference camera finds before it finds the speaker. The white version removes that — otherwise it is the same microphone.

The table as a reflector

A boundary microphone uses the table surface, so from the same distance it captures the voice louder and more clearly than a conventional microphone. The cardioid pattern faces the speaker and rejects the projector, the air conditioning and people behind.