Saramonic Smartrig II XLR Microphone & 6.3mm Guitar Adapter with Phantom Power Preamp Amplifier for iPhone 8 8 Plus 7 7 Plus 6 iPad iPod, Android Smartphone

I have both the iRig and now this Saramonic device and I can say that this one is more useable. The volume knob is marked and it is easier to return to your dialed-in setting. I find that the amp is probably less powerful than the iRig (meaning it took more amplification by the knob adjustment to get the same signal level) but the noise level is exceptionally low. For my setup which is computer recording of voice using my custom microphone, I needed to put boost on the highest level and put both the device at 75% and the input volume to 75% for the best result. The resultant volume was comparable to a commercial song on iTunes.The device has a nice long cord which is really nice. I also bought the Rode SC3 3.5mm TRRS to TRS adapter to plug it into my computer, camcorder, etc but when plugging it into a Microsoft Surface or iPhone, the adapter is not needed.The ability to plug in a High Z device (guitar, etc) is really nice. My iRig was not capable of this. I don't think I will do this since I have no High Z devices, but it is nice to know I can.The supplied velcro is nice and long allowing me to strap it to the mic stand or tripod easily.I really like this device and it looks pretty solid. Well made.

Great for capturing audio for your video or live stream from your phone. I was getting some unwanted noise when I tried to connect a talking mic with my DI guitar signal, but I did get some connectors since that should remedy that, though I haven’t tried it yet. I’m happy with it. I record instrumental music for youtube and social media videos often and using this was a significant improvement. My audio was a bit lower volume than I had hoped but I’m confident that I just have to use it more to get that where I want it to be. I’ve only used it a few times so far. Thank you.

Works as advertised work fine with my iPad. Slight high end hiss in all circumstances. I wish it had a battery life indicator but other than that it does work as advertised And well worth the money.

Absolutely a piece of garbage. Didn't work out of the box. Installed brand new 9V battery, green power LED came on but no sound no matter how it was connected to the PA. I have Mackie and Behringer XAir mixers, Bose 802 series II, JBL PRX One speakers. and know what I'm doing in regards to PA equipment. Returning for full refund. If I could give negative star rating I would. ):<

I suspect confusion about how this thing works has led to some frustrations.It has a very nice XLR and 1/4" microphone input jack, so it's capable of working with either XLR or single ended microphones. However, the ONLY output is via a 3.5mm TRRS plug, intended, I gather, to be plugged into your corresponding cell phone jack. It also has a 3.5mm jack labeled as a headphone jack, which might lead one to incorrectly conclude that you can get output from the microphone directly to headphones. In fact the headphone jack is ONLY connected to the TRRS plug, so the only way you'd hear anything via headphones is if whatever device you've plugged the TRRS plug into feeds the audio signal back through the TRRS plug. In fairness, the accompanying manual does more or less say this.Of course most phones no longer have 3.5mm jacks of any sort, making this device pretty much useless as an external mic input for cell phones. But as a general purpose mic preamp that supports a variety of types of microphones it works quite well.Long story short, I just removed the TRRS plug entirely and replaced it with a standard RCA phono plug, connecting the ground to the white and shield wires, and the center pin to the green wire. This allows me to use the device as a simple mic preamp, which it does very well. It appears to have very low noise, and can also support mics that require 48V phantom power supplies, and it has plenty of gain and the capability of adjusting gain. In my configuration, the headphone plug does absolutely nothing, but that's pretty much what it was doing anyway! And you can't beat the price.

the description specifically says will work with iphone 7~7+ and 8-8+. this company’s r&d department didn’t do it’s research.these phones do not have headphone jacks so the smartrig 2 will not work without it. works great on my ipad but i didn’t buy it for that. i even bought a top of the line camera type usb to lightning adapter with its own headphone jack. that did not work either. i’m using garageband which happens to be a great app. when using the mic and monitor option the only mic that works is the phones mic.if the company knows how to actually make the smartrig 2 work with the 7 & 8’s, put it in your manual!, post it here or add it on your website, otherwise make the correction in the description. i may keep it for my ipad but just might return it.