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RØDE

smartLav+

microphone

$89

Used market: $70*

Manufacturer datasheet

Specifications

7 of 8 values have a recorded source
Connectors
3.5 mm TRRS✓
Has Built In ADC
no·
Self Noise d BA
27✓
Transducer Type
Condenser Electret✓
Sensitivity dBV
-35✓
Output Impedance ohms
3000✓
Phantom Power Required
no✓
Connection Architecture
Analog-Only✓

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal Profile

TRRS lavalier meant to plug straight into a phone headset socket. Electrically it is the Lavalier GO capsule on a four-conductor plug.

Gain Staging Advice

A TRRS plug in a TRS socket puts the microphone on the ring that the host uses for the right channel: on a camera or recorder it will read as silence, not as a quiet microphone. That is a wiring fact, not a level problem, and no amount of gain fixes it.

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