<p>The invention relates to a microphone system (1) having a microphone module (2) and having a base station (3), wherein the microphone system (1) is designed to wirelessly transfer audio information (5) and additional information (6) from the microphone module (2) to the base station (3), wherein the microphone system (1), in particular the microphone module (2) is designed to transfer the additional information (5) and the audio information (6) via a common channel and/or in a common data stream.</p>