Featuring discreet designs and capturing audio clearly, lavalier microphones are popular in journalism, broadcasting, video production, events, and more. Sony's ECM-77 maintains its long-standing reputation as a broadcasting-industry standard. Meanwhile, the ECM-88 packs the performance into an ultra-compact size and uses a unique structure to achieve dramatic reductions in cord-induced vibrational noise. Since the release of the ECM-50 in 1969, Sony has constantly incorporated user input into an ever-improving lineup of compact, reliable microphones with excellent sound quality.