Xy-type microphone unit and sound recording apparatus

An XY-type microphone unit in which a pair of left and right microphones are placed with respective sound pickup axes substantially crossing each other, the XY-type microphone unit comprising:

• a left microphone unit;
• and
• a right microphone unit, wherein the left microphone unit comprises at least:
• a high-band microphone unit of the left microphone unit that collects sounds of a relatively high band;
• and
• a low-band microphone unit of the left microphone unit that collects sounds of a relatively low band,
• the right microphone unit comprises at least:
• a high-band microphone unit of the right microphone unit that collects sounds of a relatively high band;
• and
• a low-band microphone unit of the right microphone unit that collects sounds of a relatively low band, and
• vibration plates of the high-band microphone unit of the left microphone unit, the low-band microphone unit of the left microphone unit, the high-band microphone unit of the right microphone unit, and the low-band microphone unit of the right microphone unit are placed on approximately the same straight line in a plan view.