To find your Telinga equipment:

1/ Your choice of handle must be compatible with the recorder you have, or plan to get.
2/ Your choice of microphone is a matter of what kind of recordings you want and
3/ what you are going to use your recordings for.

There are three types of common inputs. Your choise of Telinga must fit the input connection which your recorder has:

1/ - 3,5 mm mini-connector providing Plug In Power.
2/ - balanced XLR-inputs without phantom power and
3/ - balanced XLR-inputs providing phantom power.

Telinga units for 3,5 mm Plug In Power inputs: Complete with mono microphone.
All modern “walkman-type” recorders (DAT’s, MD’s, HiMD’s and videos) with a 3,5 mm mini-connector also provide Plug In Power. Then you can use one of the two Telinga budget versions, PRO4PIP and PRO5PIP. Both models record in mono mode. No bass filter. They cannot be used with any other Telinga microphone. Mainly the self noise level is different between the two: PRO5PIP has a lower self noise, only 13 db(A) compared to the PRO4PIP’s 21 db(A). Without the dish, of course.

A self powered Telinga handle: Fits to all three Telinga microphones, mono and stereo.
3,5 mm minijack connectors only:
The Telinga PRO5W handle is made for 3,5mm mini-connectors. It has a built in rechargeable battery which can supply more current consuming microphones like the Telinga Stereo DATmic. This internal battery also drives a 200 Ohms output and a steep “traffic noise” filter.
You can use all 3 Telinga microphones to the PRO5W handle - the Stereo DATmic, the Classic and the Twin Science. See below.
The PRO5W is made for all small size MD’s, HiMD’s and Dat’s with 3,5 mini-jack connector. Edirol R1 is a modern example of a flash-card recorder with the same 3,5 mm connector.

A Telinga handle for balanced XLR inputs with 48v phantom power:
The PRO6: For balanced input with phantom power: Common examples of recorders with balanced inputs and phantom power is the Tascam DAP1 and the Marantz PMD series etc. Some video cameras also have such inputs while some other cameras need a special audio box with XLR inputs, fastened to the back of the camera.
If you have, or plan to get, a recorder or video with balanced inputs, providing phantom power - then your natural choice of Telinga handle is the PRO6. Data and electronics is the same as PRO5W and PRO5B.

PRO6 Power Box: A special feature is that you can run the PRO6 handle also with a 3,5 mm mini-jack connector, providing you have a special Telinga power box to it. This is to allow a small size MD or HiMD to serve as a back-up machine, if the professional recorder stops working.

The Microphones:

PRO4PIP has it’s built in microphone, like the PRO5PIP.

For the PRO5W, PRO5B and PRO6 handle you can choose between 3 Telinga microphones - mono and stereo:

Mono: Twin Science:
A microphone with two mono capsules, one omni facing outwards of the dish and a directional microphone facing inwards. The two microphones will record separately to respective stereo track:
The “Omni” track: Very low handling noise and wind noise.
The “Directional” track: Better frequency response.

Mono: Classic:
A microphone with the same look as Twin Science, but made the “classical” way, with an omni directional microphone facing inwards into the dish. The microphone is connected to both stereo channels.

Stereo: The Telinga Stereo DATmic. This is a unique design which provides both a mono signal of the focused sound and a stereo picture of the ambience.

The Universal:
This is a Telinga handle / dish for the ones who already have a microphone like the Sennheiser ME62 or MKH20. It is a dish, a handle and a balanced cable only. No electronics.