The Rycote HC-15 is a high-quality hypercardioid short shotgun microphone that offers performance comparable to or better than many more expensive professional microphones. It has a low self-noise level and provides solid off-axis rejection and isolation, making it suitable for various recording environments such as live broadcast, sound design, ENG, TV, cinema, and field recording. The microphone has ultra low-noise circuitry, a compact design, active in-line filtering, and features a handmade and individually fine-tuned back electret capsule. It requires +48 Phantom-Power for operation. The product dimensions are 1.9 x 0.5 x 15.5 cm and it weighs 90 g. The HC-15 is manufactured by Rycote and its model number is Rycote 079001. The microphone was first available on 18 September 2023 and comes with guaranteed software updates.