After much building up of the vlogging mic, the zero W finally shared power with the AK4524 & it was busted. There was too much power supply noise from the W. Those problems are impossible without some kind of differential inputs which the AK4524 doesn't have, or large RC networks. There would be no way to take advantage of the 24 bits in a portable form factor.

Given more room for power supply isolation, the zero W might succeed in a larger 4 channel system with differential microphone inputs. The vlogging mic would be better served by a $5 USB soundcard. Not only is it good enough for a headset, it can run directly on a 4.2V battery instead of requiring a boost to 5V.

The AK4524 is so ancient, it was introduced when Bill Clinton was president. There are lots of people still using LM324's & LF353's, but using something as sophisticated as an audio codec from that long ago to achieve maximum quality is almost ludicrous.