A lavaliere is a small microphone that attaches to clothing, allowing a speaker to present hands-free in conference, broadcast, and live production settings.
A lavaliere, sometimes called a lav or lapel microphone, is a compact transducer designed to be worn discreetly on a presenter's clothing. Its small size keeps it unobtrusive while positioning it close enough to the speaker's voice to capture clear, consistent audio without requiring the presenter to hold or aim a microphone. This makes it a staple wherever a speaker needs to move and gesture freely.
In commercial and professional audio-visual environments, lavalieres are common in conferences, broadcast studios, houses of worship, and live events. Each microphone connects through thin, flexible, shielded cable or to a wireless transmitter, and the quality of that low-level audio path is critical to delivering clean sound free of handling noise and electrical interference. The cable's shielding and low noise construction directly affect how clean the captured audio remains.
Placement also affects performance, since positioning the capsule consistently relative to the mouth keeps levels even from one speaker to the next, and the wired or wireless path that follows must preserve that captured signal without adding noise of its own.
At Windy City Wire, the focus on shielded, high-performance low-voltage cable for commercial audio supports the quiet, reliable signal paths that worn microphones require. Supplying flexible, well-shielded cable helps maintain clear voice capture across presentation and production systems, where intelligibility depends on keeping interference and handling noise out of the signal.
Also called lav or lapel microphone