![Bought Rode VideoMicro on Amazon. Box says Made in China. Is this real? Serial number registered okay on rode.com : r/rode Bought Rode VideoMicro on Amazon. Box says Made in China. Is this real? Serial number registered okay on rode.com : r/rode](https://i.redd.it/axwa79tc4g381.jpg)
Bought Rode VideoMicro on Amazon. Box says Made in China. Is this real? Serial number registered okay on rode.com : r/rode
![TIL the name "Røde microphones" comes from "Sales of the modified microphone began to take off in Sydney, which (in the Australian vernacular) was likened to “a rat up a drain pipe”. TIL the name "Røde microphones" comes from "Sales of the modified microphone began to take off in Sydney, which (in the Australian vernacular) was likened to “a rat up a drain pipe”.](https://preview.redd.it/15fqwq5ubyl21.png?auto=webp&s=e8cd3ee23b76a3ff35420b2c885f38705c9c863d)
TIL the name "Røde microphones" comes from "Sales of the modified microphone began to take off in Sydney, which (in the Australian vernacular) was likened to “a rat up a drain pipe”.
![TIL the name "Røde microphones" comes from "Sales of the modified microphone began to take off in Sydney, which (in the Australian vernacular) was likened to “a rat up a drain pipe”. TIL the name "Røde microphones" comes from "Sales of the modified microphone began to take off in Sydney, which (in the Australian vernacular) was likened to “a rat up a drain pipe”.](https://external-preview.redd.it/SnT1-0ts1xEmrmkazh9dg5yP-reQUGOxneaF2zmvOQI.jpg?auto=webp&s=dc0bddfbf83a50acff609833cf0b7ca343c48a76)