Great idea, but I tried two different units, but always got intermittent sound, it would work, then not work.

But for what it is you can make good sounding 16-bit quiet recordings with this little device

Really clear and absolutely clean sound

I've experienced very clean sound (no hiss that others are reporting), and because of that, I'm thrilled with the result.

I'm no audio expert (completely self-taught), but this kind of device makes audio sound much better & easier to implement.

Captures cleaning sound and it is the best preamp available for anyone trying to work on a budget

Although i will say it is very gain sensitive, when i use it with our digital mixer I don't even have turn it on and I have to put it at the lowest gain settings or else the sound will be distorted

Unsure how others say they are getting such good sound.

But if you want versatility and great sound, I would suggest you get a decent 4-6 channel mixer with mic preamps designed and built with higher quality than what is in this single-purposed iRig Pre.

I am using either a large diaphragm Behringer B-1 microphone [$100] or a Shure SM94 [$300] or a Sennheiser 849 [$125] microphone, and the sound is only marginally better than the little microphone in the iPad.

Like I said, the iPad is not my first choice, but iRig has let me record usable sound for both video and podcasts.

4 stars for being able to record better quality sound on my iPhone6 stock video app using my choice of microphones

This irig thingy solves the problem because it provides phantom power for the mic and now my sound is loud and clear

This is portable, clean sounding and convenient.

Sound is just fine, considering I am used to very high end mics and preamps.