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Lavalier

Lavalier

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Oct 1, 2026

speaker_3ADVERTISER
26:28
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Thomas JonesHOST
26:32
I mean, one of the miniature ones that you talk about, the Lavalier microphone.
Thomas JonesHOST
26:36
Yes.
Thomas JonesHOST
26:37
And how do they get their name?
David TrotterGUEST
26:38
Well, it derives from a type of necklace, which was a kind of very thin chain attached to a pendant or locket, which was apparently favored by the Duchesse de Lavalier, who was the mistress of Louis XIV.
David TrotterGUEST
26:54
So I think it's the idea of something obviously kind of something miniaturized and connected up by an inconspicuous array of wires or whatever.
David TrotterGUEST
27:06
So the levalliumite can be hidden in clothes or it can be hidden on the body.

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