You can record your podcast on your iPhone, but what you might not be able to do so easily is make sure that the audio sounds good. Buying a broadcast-quality microphone or a separate audio recorder ...

The built-in microphone on your laptop, smartphone, earbuds and headphones isn’t very good. Sure, it might be good enough taking calls, but if you’re podcasting, taking streaming seriously, or taking ...

External microphones used to be a gadget with a fairly niche appeal, but now that most of us are doing approximately 20 times more video chats than we used to, it’s a piece of kit you might want to ...

The Apple iPhone provides support for a microphone jack. However, unlike your computer, only one input jack exists. The headphone jack provides the only input point on the phone. Business users who ...

Sony produces Vaio computers that contain a built-in microphone, those that rely on external microphones and those that have both capabilities. Vaio computers that do not have internal microphones ...

If you want to record audio via your iPhone while on the go, you basically have two choices: you can use your iPhone’s on-board microphone, or you can use an external microphone. For anyone who’s ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› Advice, staff picks, mythbusting, and more. Let us help you. Published April 20, ...

Sennheiser launched a portable microphone for use with the GoPro Hero4 action cam as part of its participation in the GoPro developer program. The GoPro-verified MKE 2 Elements features a windproof ...

The camera is a core part of Google’s Pixel phones, and video is a common use case on these devices. Now, responding to user demand, Google is delivering Pixel external microphone support for the ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, ...

Almost all commercially available microphone amplifiers draw their power from a 48V phantom power supply. If this is unavailable or unsuitable, the solution is to build a self-powered amplifier.