RODE
Broadcaster
microphone
$399
Used market: $310*
Specifications
5 of 7 values have a recorded sourceExpert 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 Advice
-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). · checked on 8/5/2026