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RØDEVideoMicro II

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$89

Used market: $70*

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Specifications

6 of 9 values have a recorded source
Connectors
3.5 mm TRS✓
Built-in converter
no·
Transducer
Condenser Electret✓
Sensitivity
-30✓
Output impedance
2600✓
Phantom power required
no✓
Connection
Analog-Only✓
Release year
2023·
Indexable Locales
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Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal profile

Battery-free supercardioid that draws plug-in power from the 3.5 mm socket. No converter, no switches, no self-noise figure published - only a 79 dB signal-to-noise ratio.

Gain staging

RØDE prints signal-to-noise but not equivalent noise level for this one, so the self-noise field stays empty rather than being back-calculated. The 2.6 kohm source wants an input of 26 kohm or more to keep its level.

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~79% retained value).