The Pro 5 & 6 series have a variety of handles to suit different recording sytems. Mono or stereo Telinga microphones can be fitted to suit your requirements.

The Pro 6 has phantom powered, balanced outputs and the best frequency response.

The Pro 5W has its own power and primarily for recorders that have Walkman type 3.5mm jack plugs os Sony TCD 10

The Pro 4 PIP (Plug-in-Power) with the mono microphone fixed to the handle, and is energised by the Plug In Power socket on the recorder.

Total weight is 870 - 920gms (depending on microphone used)

All Telinga Parabolic Microphones are designed for the utmost reliablity. They are amazingly light-weight, at around a kilo, and very easy to use. Great care has been taken to solve the most common problems with wildlife recording - wind and handling noise, as well as inherent noise from the microphone and amplifiers. Telinga designs are unique. They have been developed over many years of careful research and continuously updated in co-operation with ornithologists, wildlife film makers and researchers in the field of bio-acoustics.

Unique to the Telinga is its parabolic reflector moulded out of 1.2mm trasparent impact resistant polycarbonate, with a diameter of 580mm (23inches) Virtually unbreakable even in very tough field conditions it will withstand crushing and can still be bounced back out to its previous shape, remaining useable even if a bit worse for wear. The dish is flexible and rolls up into a cigar-shape approximately 150mm (6 inches) diameter. It tolerates a wide range of temperature from -50 to +100 C.

The Universal is for the user that wishes to use his / her existing mic in a Telinga parabol and handle with a 1 mm parabolic dish. It has a rubber foam handle with a through-going XLR cable, and a zeppelin wind-shield which also holds the microphone. It is developed for the recordists who already have a 20 - 25 mm omni-directional stick microphone, like the Sennheiser ME62 or MKH20, but need a fitting parabolic that's designed with a built in cable and the necessary Neutric three pin XLRs (gold plated pins) and the wire passing though the handle. The Universal comes ready just to plug in your mic and slide it into the foam windjammer. No microphone or electronics are supplied

Telinga is one of the very few companies in the world focusing on equipment for the wildlife recordist. Recording outdoors, where the wanted sounds are often weak and distant, and the environmental conditions - such as wind, rain and traffic noise - are out of control, means very different priorities than for a studio microphone.

"Musts" for wildlife recording:

1 - Very good handling and wind noise performance,
2 - very low inherent noise,
3 - acoustical compensation for distance,
4 - resistance to moist and temperature changes,
5 - very easy to pack up, transport and use.

For wildlife recording factors such as the max sound pressure level and immunity to induced electrical noise are less significant. Most of all, our focus on wildlife recording has had a strong impact on our measuring techniques: The standard techniques normally used in the studio situation have proved not to be relevant.

The Telinga approach:

For Telinga The Ultimate perfection means:-
When the object under test, in this true-to-life situation, reproduces the same sound spectrum as the reference microphone that is placed close to the source.