up to last week I was one of those unlucky guys with no chance to listen to sex sounds in my neighborhood. However... last week new neighbors moved in: a young couple in their twenties. Of course I kept the window open at night and actually I once was able to hear her moaning loudly and extremely sexy... wow... could hardly believe what I was hearing

The next day I immediately bought a digital recorder (exemplary, isn't it?). Since the forum was not online (btw: thanks yeppie for fixing the forum problem so quickly!) I was completely on my own. So, I bought an Olympus WS-110 ... and since I was not satisfied with the quality I also bought an Olympus WS 321M, which seems to deliver better quality recordings.
So far, I was not able to catch them again... unfortunately they closed their windows when going on it and opened it afterwards the last days


My Problem is the following: I am recording from window to window (over a road) over a distance of approximately 10 meters. I am not satisfied with the build in microphones of my recorders mentioned above. In my current recordings, there is a lot of hiss / noise, since I have to set the microphone sensitivity to high. This makes it also very hard to scan the nightly recordings for possible action. I did already try out an olympus ME 15, however this microphone is even worse than the internal microphones in my opinion.
I already searched the forum to find out more about good microphones (maybe directional)? However, I have no idea what to buy and I want to buy it as soon as possible so that I am prepared next time and get the best recording I can get.
The microphone should of course work with my olympus recorders (3.5mm jacket) and probably be powered by battery (I am not sure if the recorder has enough power). Furthermore, it shouldn't be too big and should not look too much like a spy microphone (otherwise my wife would wonder what I am doing

Any recommondations? Are there any other guys around using Olympus equipment?
Please help me to become an active member!! And help yourself to get some new content!!
All the best,
kukuk