🎤 Saramonic Smartrig II XLR Microphone & 6.3mm Guitar Adapter: Enhance iPhone & Android Audio with Phantom Power Preamp Amplifier Review

I also have an iRig and now it's Saramonic and I can say it's more convenient. The volume control is labeled and it is easier to return to the selected setting. I think the amp is probably less powerful than the iRig (meaning it took more gain with the regulator to get the same signal level) but the noise floor is exceptionally low. For my setup, which is a computer voice recording with my own microphone, I had to set the gain to the highest level and both the unit at 75% and the input volume…

Paid $35 for this unit; at the time of writing it was twenty-five. I think even for 35 it was a lot, especially compared to the cost of professional music XLR audio interfaces. I have an active microphone on my desk and I plug my headphones into this device. Then I connect the smartrig to my computer with a headset splitter cable and voila, the mic and headphones are connected. Indicators make it easy to tell if your mic is hot or not. These days I prefer to flip the little switch on the front…

The time has come. I've had this device for about 3 weeks and I have to say; This item exceeds expectations. The main reason I bought it is because I jot down music on my phone and play bass in a band. If you've ever tried recording bass on your phone, you know. Since then I've also been experimenting with a condenser mic (I happened to be using a Behringer C-1). It has a much better sound than your phone's microphone. To be honest, I expected to end up putting this aside and writing off my…