An electroacoustic transducer array employing condenser‐microphone elements with a solid dielectric diaphragm is described. Both diaphragm and backplate of the array are selectively metallized on one side along parallel strips and positioned so that the metal strips of the diaphragm are perpendicular to the metal strips of the backplate with the dielectric foil separating the two. The areas of overlapping diaphragm and backplate strips form identical condenser microphone elements. The array is mechanically and electrically simple, is capable of operation in gases and liquids over wide frequency ranges, and can be designed with large apertures. The overlapping metal‐strip technique can also be employed for piezo‐electric arrays.