AudioChainsDB

RODEBroadcaster

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$399

Used market: $310*

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Specifications

5 of 8 values have a recorded source
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male·
Built-in converter
no·
Transducer
Condenser True✓
Sensitivity
-34✓
Output impedance
40✓
Phantom power required
yes✓
Connection
XLR-Only✓
Indexable Locales
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Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal profile

End-address 1 inch cardioid condenser built for voice: internal pop shield, a switchable 75 Hz high-pass and an on-air LED that lights whenever phantom power is present.

Gain staging

-34.0 dBV/Pa with a 40 ohm output impedance, the lowest here by a factor of four. That combination is the argument for a condenser in a broadcast chain: 25 dB more level than an SM7B into a preamp that barely has to work, and an output stiff enough that cable length stops being a variable. Power is P24 or P48 - it does not need a full 48 V, which matters on bus-powered interfaces whose phantom rail sags.

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value).