The 30-pin Rode iXY micrphone for IOS is a very capable microphone with a major flaw: Apple does not allow it working via a lightning adapter. The result is that an excellent piece of equipment now is going to be trashed.<\/p>\n
Wait, one may ask, why don’t you buy the new version? Why would you want to work with such an older microphone?<\/p>\n
Well, firstly, because decades old condenser mics still work like a charm and so do amplifiers, instruments and pedals. Therefore, one do not need to buy them again because of their artificial end-of-life.<\/p>\n
Secondly, because by investing substantial money in the very same hardware with a different connector do not guarantee that history will not keep re-repeating. In other words, there is no point in purchasing something that will stop working when Apple, Rode or whoever will decide that it will.<\/p>\n
Thirdly, if one purchase a good, he is supposed to become its owner until it breaks. If somebody else can limit the exercise of the ownership right, than the agreement is about a temporary license and not a final purchase.<\/p>\n
Conclusion: never purchase products that can be made not functional by marketing reason only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"