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RØDE

RodeLink Lav

microphone

$89

Used market: $70*

Manufacturer datasheet

Specifications

7 of 8 values have a recorded source
Connectors
3.5 mm TRS✓
Has Built In ADC
no·
Self Noise d BA
27✓
Transducer Type
Condenser Electret✓
Sensitivity dBV
-33.5✓
Output Impedance ohms
3000✓
Phantom Power Required
no✓
Connection Architecture
Analog-Only✓

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal Profile

The lavalier bundled with the RodeLink wireless system, sold separately on a TRS plug. Same -33.5 dBV/Pa capsule as the Lavalier, but published with 27 dBA of self-noise instead of 25.

What the datasheet actually says

Quoted verbatim from the manufacturer’s own page, with the date we checked it. We state what is printed, not what anyone intended by it.

The maker’s own documents disagree
«Maximum SPL: 110 dB SPL (@ 1kHz, 1% THD into 1Ω load)»

The load is printed as 1 ohm. RØDE's own Lavalier and PinMic pages give the same measurement as 1 kohm, and a 1 ohm load on a 3 kohm source would leave essentially no signal at all. One of the two documents has lost a k.

checked 8/5/2026

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~79% retained value). · checked on 8/5/2026