Audio Mic Cable

[Phantom Power] I vertically mounted this mic on a wall in a medical treatment classroom. It was to be used to hear conversation and responses by an observer in an adjoining area. I needed something unobtrusive and with enough sensitivity to provide clear audio, but without too much ambient noise. The MX391 is small, and the white color helps it to become almost invisible on the wall. Being mounted above the heads of the students and staff, the cardioid pickup pattern works great and helps to reject sound reflection from the ceiling. I had to build a TA4M extension cable in order to reach a wall mounted I/O plate, and another TA4F cable to reach the preamp, which I mounted beneath a countertop at the audio mixer in the adjoining room, but everything worked well. I've been using Shure products for many years, and they have never let me down.

[Low Cut/HPF] It's a different concept as it requires no batteries, it's powered from the camera. Why is this important. Well, for me two reasons, the first being you cannot screw-up and forget to turn it on, its on when mounted on the camera. The second reason, if this is an occasional use mic batteries are a pain, you find yourself thinking, are they fresh, maybe they're dead or will they last the recording session? No issues with this mic, if your camera's rolling then the mic is working - as it should be. It may not be the best mic you can buy, but (and its a big but) if you attach this mic to your SONY you will get very decent audio most every time, it's pretty much immune to pilot error and therefore it has its proper place in my kit (as does the auto exposure setting on my mode dial). Size-wise, it's tiny. You could leave it in your pocket for those just-in-case moments. As with all these on-camera mics (or on-camera flash) I'd say being within 6-10 feet is the optimal working distance. My only complaint, even when mounted on a SONY smart-shoe equipped camera you still have to plug-in the 3.5mm cable to access the manual audio levels feature on the camera. Without the 3.5mm cable this mic is in full-auto mode, but it does appear to do a very good job is noisy environments! So to sum it up, if I were to take one mic out on a road-trip, I'd take this one, it'll just work. Fancy mics are obviously better, but how many times have you heard a video guy say, well the audio isn't too good in the clip, I didn't have the levels set properly -- no issues here (without the 3.5mm cable), you'll be in full auto and in the ball park. KISS!

[End Address] The MVP-6 is a good first and affordable shotgun mic: it has a switch to select usage with a camera (TRRS) or a smarphone 3.5 mm jack (TRS) without requiring an adapter, battery or phantom power. Its cable is non-detachable, coiled and its length is perfect.  It is meant to capture audio from its source with a focused narrower perception during the recording the way we hear selectively when we focus our attention.  So far, I used it indoors for an interview with a camera positioned 3 ft away in a quite room, then with music playing at close proximity and finally outdoors while filming sport car with an 85 mm lens, so quite away from the subject at a marina with surrounding noises. During each recording, I pointed the shotgun mic straight at the audio source, rotated 90° and then all the way at 180° to test the off-axis rejection. I compared the audio by playing it back with quality headphones from the shotgun mic and the on-board SONY A6400 omni directional mics in all three scenarios. I found the self-noise to be similar between the MVP-6 and the camera while listening at 75% playback volume. However, on-axis, the audio pleasantly more focused when using the shotgun mic. If you can be close to the source (on-camera using the cold shoe while filming with a wide angle lens or using a boom pole using its 1/4”-20 threaded hole and 3.5 mm cable extension plugged into an audio recorder) and orientate it properly, this shotgun will definitely improve the audio quality. It adds clarity and some perceptible loudness to the production.  The advantage in using a shotgun mic such as this one is also to allow keeping the audio gain low(er). This is desirable because the camera’s built-in pre-amps are rarely very good. It is best to keep the gain as low as reasonable to reduce the self-noise. As for the sound characteristics: it is a little on the bright side and it reminded me of  Sennheiser.  [I have received this product in exchange for my honest review]

[24-Bit] I was asked to record a high school musical at the last minute. Knowing the importance of clean sound, I decided to use my Zoom H4N Pro Digital Recorder to record a backup audio copy of the musical while also acting as the microphone for my Canon Vixia HF R80 camcorder. While my test of connecting the Zoom to my Canon using a straight TRS cable worked ok, as I only had one chance at the musical, and the audio of the auditorium was vastly different than my quick test in my living room, I decided to play it safe and order the Kopul ACH4-25MON Line-to-Mic Attenuator Cable as it had great online reviews and was made specifically for attaching digital recorders to cameras. I used an audio extension cord with the Kopul ACH4-25MON Line-to-Mic Attenuator Cable as I had positioned my Zoom on a separate mic stand away from the camcorder. The recording using the Zoom as an external mic was good enough that I did not need the backup recording. Can I say the Kopul ACH4-25MON Line-to-Mic Attenuator Cable made a difference over using a straight TRS cable in my situation? Don't know but I'm glad I have a fit for purpose product that I'll be using so I won't have any worries in the future! Good product, fair pricing and I love doing business with B&H.

[0.09 lb] Besides making the setup easier, this cable gives me much more flexibility in the placement of my mic: the change in audio quality is huge.

[Black] Not much to say other than it's a standard XLR cable. I bought it to connect my podcasting mic to an audio interface, and it felt nice and secure on both ends when I plugged it in. Even though it only connects things from one side of my desk to another, in retrospect I would've gone a length or two up rather than pick the 5' option.

[Black] I was looking for a way to bring external audio into my iPad without resorting to an external audio interface. I found that some simple apps, for example the iPad's built-in video camera, don't always recognize pro audio interfaces even if designed for iOS devices. Since this cable just utilizes the ubiquitous mic input on the iPad, it works perfectly. You can run your mixing board output(s) straight into this. It has the internal circuitry needed to do the line-to-mic conversion and (if needed) summing, and other protections. Of course you get mono into your device whether one or both XLRs are connected. It was well worth it to me to not have to figure out the proper circuit and then kludge solder something up on my own. For being molded it is well constructed. I suggest being careful with the 3.5mm end and not stress it or your iPad/Phone jack by dangling this adapter with heavy XLR connectors from your iPad/Phone. Use a lighter-weight 3.5mm extension cable at the iPad first or otherwise strain relief the 3.5mm at the iPad/Phone some way.

[Black] Good audio is very important. This mic comes with a cable, boom mount, mic stand mount and case. The sound is quite clear and cuts out surrounding noise quite well. A good investment as a middle of the line product.

[USB-C Male] Works well with iPhone 13 pro you muse update the firmware on the mic using the rode application on your windows or mac otherwise the mic will show message when connecting to your iPhone there is not enough power to use the mic Benefits of using the cable instead of the 3.5mm cable: 1.you can use dual channels (safety track with lower gain) 2.you can use 24bit audio 3.you will be able to use the 3.5mm jack for audio monitoring and playback using your head phone

[0.18 lb] I now have the ability to record audio via shotgun mic and a lavaliere simultaneously. This cable is built with quality in mind. The length is perfect for my 5" multi shoe mount.