Today I received and modified iRig Pre ($28) and decided to test it together with RØDE NTG1 ($200) against Takstar SGC-598 ($30). Now, this is not entirely fair comparison if only because the latter should be always camera-mounted while the former can be mounted on a boom.
Nevertheless, give it a listen...
Both mics were sitting about 2 feet from my mouth. Recording was done into Panasonic Lumix G7 with audio sensitivity at its lowest: -12dB. In post I normalized audio and reduced audio channel level by 6dB. No compression or equalization was added. During normalization a gain of 9.2dB was applied to a clip with iRig Pre and a gain of 11.8dB was applied to a clip with Takstar. But the result is a wash in my opinion. Charming! And yes, this is not a fair comparison. But still....
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