Should you buy the Hollyland Lark M2? believe that video quality is more important than audio quality - Let me prove that wrong. ⭐ Buy the Lark M2: amzn.to/3vkDr1i ⭐ Learn more: hollyland.info/LARKM2 What's up everyone?! I hope this overview and tests of the Hollyland Lark M2 were helpful. Did I cover what you wanted to know? What else did you want to see or learn about? Would love to know what you think.Is this a system that you would use and why or why not. If you’re currently using something else, please share your experience with me.  I am grateful in advance 🙏

Being an 1980s video production specialist, this kills me! This complete setup would replace over 100lbs of equipment!

That noise cancelling comparison was crazy

Probably the best review I’ve seen of this product from all the video that I’ve seen. Good job my dude. I’m tempted to get this for my classroom. Especially for the kids who like to shoot video on their phones.

This is very thought-provoking for me. I have the Hollyland Lark Max, but having this in my kit solves a lot of other issues for doing field recording. Just gives me more options depending on the situation. The combo kit is at a very decent price and worth every cent in my book. I love the sound from my Hollyland Lark Max and the M2 sounds the same. How can you go wrong? BTW M2 demonstrated an impressive performance in your range test. Life can be good without wires and these mics. Hooray to Hollyland for providing these tools.

Greg as usual I loved this review !!! Your reviews always provide the best I mean the very best non biased reviews . Keep up the amazing reviews

Excellent review! Straight forward, clear and no useless babbling. I am impressed with the improvement of these kind of wireless mics. I was listening through my headphone and I already know that the noise cancelling option will not work for me. The sound is a bit quirky when turned on. Thank again for this great review.

I just recently bought both the osmo pocket 3 and the hollyland m2, and grateful for coming across your video that shows it’s compatible for the pocket 3. From the countless other pocket 3 videos I watched trying to find out if it was, yours answered my most wanted question in regards of it working. Keep up the great content!

Great video...I liked the beginning. And watched till the end. Subbed!

Nice review. Could you please test with connecting it to Mac device? Is this mic operate different on a Mac device? Does it supported?

That sounds absolutely fantastic 😊

This kit looks amazing!

Thank you for the video!

I LOVE the Lark M2! It makes audio so easy and I don’t have to worry about the quality too much. I have a feeling this will already replace my run and gun mic.

Thanks from Chicago

Thanks for the excellent review.

Looks and sounds good. The tiny size is a great feature.

Impressive noise cancellation. I can see how this would be an important device for you to have in your kit.

Such a great combo with the insta360 link webcam, perfect meetings kit

Great video man … I got the neweer cm28 system as a gift it’s almost the same and audio like is a game changer for the video..

thanks a lot, i take it !! Your review is fantastic

You know, if you stuck that mic on the left side of the bill of a cap, it probably never would have cut out during your range test! That's pretty amazing. (I already ordered my Lark M2 Duo, it should be here in three days.) The main thing I see they could improve on is the dead cat size; it's a bit much for an almost hideable mic. On-board storage would be nice too, but size would most likely have to go up... I always like your videos! No BS, quick and to the point, and lots of info. PS Since you asked; I have recently started using my Rode Wireless Gi ll on my Insta360 X4 for recording rides on my ebike, and plan to do more recording on the Harley with it as well. On the ebike, I get NO wind noise (with dead cat) at 26 MPH, but hear a fair amount of road noise and electric motor noise. I'm going to try these through the mic adapter on the X4 with the dead cat and noise suppression on High to see if I can reduce some of that external noise. I don't think it'll cut the Harley out, but I don't really want to if I can hear my voice well enough. My opinion on video vs audio: video is most important, but great video is shit without good audio. So...

Have you tried it as an interview mic? I've heard several people complaining that you can't split the audio, and both mics record on one channel and adjust levels.

Can this transmitter be used in an audio mixer (MG10XU) with some sort of 1/4 adapter?

Best review ever!!

Great review, thanks. I love the concept of how tiny it is and the phone USBC not needing to be charged. I'm looking for something to take long distance backpacking and this mic/usbc receiver, and the optional usba magnetic cable look like it might do the trick. I'd prefer to not bring the "heavy" charging box with me to save space and weight.

I'm in love with this mic... It's so minimal and lightweight. I was tired of the bulky rode wireless go, this is such a difference and audio quality is still great compared to the rode. Anyway, the only issue is that I always find myself accidently turning the volume knob in the receiver. I wish there was a way to disable that dial as I always use it in the lowest setting. I'm even thinking about 3D printing some sort of case to avoid turning it by mistake. Did some googling but I can't find other people with the same issue, which is weird as that volume knob turns so easily...

Such a great video ! Do you know if you can connect the USB-C phone receiver to the Dji osmo action 3 for a really compact setup ?

Great review! This looks way better than the Rode2. The little receiver that just plugs into the phone, rather than Rode needing a damn cable to the receiver, which is then difficult to fix to a gimbal. The range is impressive. The fact the receiver uses power from the phone is another positive. I think I need this.

Great vid. If you only have the bundle with the camera receiver can you also use it on a phone with usbc cable?

@techgeartalk Why does this mic sound so good with your test? I watched a few videos by other KZfaqrs, one of them is considered an authority in A/V, and the Lark 2 sounded so bad. Would you recommend it over the DJI Mic2? Your review made me reconsider the Lark 2. Thanks!

Did your phone just automatically pick up the sound? I've put it in an Xperia z5 and the holly land app shows it's installed but when I run my camera video the sound is not picked up. Did you ever try using a phone and did you download a thrirdy party app for that?

my sony A7iii doesnt work with holly land lark m2,help me please

I just bought the Lark M2 usb type c but cannot get audio to record to video. The blue lights are solid, showing signal connection. Just can't get it to record. I plugged in the case overnight directly to the back of hte mac. The phone is an Android Galaxy A21 model SM-A215W. Any thoughts on what be going on? Edit: Also want to add, that the manual says to double click the yellow button on the receiver to start recording. What happens when I do that is the lights on the transmitters and receivers turn green (off) and no video is recorded.

Great! Thanks for making this video. Looking to buy my first mic so really tempted to get this particular one... All the other wireless mics I've seen are far too BIG and seem really heavy when attached to clothing. Must be really frustrating to wear :/

Love the form factor, but note that only the camera receiver is stereo (and only when using the 3.5mm jack). All USB-C and lightning options are Mono-only, panning the microphones to the centre. Because you cant record on device, this means you CANNOT seperate the two microphone channels.

Does this work with gopro hero 10?

Great review! Any experience with dropped recordings?

Great review! Thanks! Can I continue having my iPhone 13 Pro plugged into AC power through the lightening receiver that comes with the combo kit? I think it has a side port on the receiver for a lightening AC power cord but am wondering.

if it had internal recording. i would have sold my wireless go 2 for it. the lark is a such a great little size

could you use multiple receivers at once if you are for example filming with multi cameras like a GOPRO and S23ultra at the same time?

I'm very impressed by the concept of these tiny mics. I use the lark M1 and they are great, except for the way you attach the mic. it's front heavy and pulls forward on the neck of the t-shirt, if I turn it around the sound gets muffled. so I'm left with having to pinch the tshit and then clip on and just hope that the mic doesn't fall off when I'm active (I do metal detecting videos so I'm very active). these tiny mics with magnetic holding looks just the job, BUT my only concern is the receiver taking power from the phone and draining the battery quicker. I think nit would have been better to have the receiver rechargeable. I think then it would be the perfect set up. thanks for the review 👍

The only thing that I would complain about is not having a space for the USB and lightning receivers in the case. Just as a couple of slots. But that’s nitpicking. Great review.

The only major drawback is the lack of passthrough charging on the receiver. A must have IMO. I hope to see that in the updated version.

Thanks

It's a great vid! How do you compare this to Rode Wireless Go and Rode Wireless Pro?

Wow, the pixel 8 pro's video looks WAYYYYYYY better than those other 2 phones. Why does the iphone and Galaxy give you such a fuzzy outline?

This is great! And at a good price!

Was the Pixel 8 Pro audio messed up? The internal mic sounded pretty close to the lark m2 audio. The lark m2 audio didn't sound anything like it did on the other phones.

At time 2:50 you are using the Pixel 8 Pro with LarkM2 without noise canceling, why do i hear the ambience in stereo although the LarkM2 is in mono? Regards

One interesting question about Lark M2, can you use simultaneously one mic with camera receiver and one mic with the phone receiver, well, in different locations away from each other... this way one person from the team can shoot something and the other person shooting broll or something else.

Can i connect the camera receiver output to any external speaker with 3.5 mm input and hear the voices from both the trasmitters in real time ?

Nice review. I love these little mics. My only con would be that you can't use wireless or wired headphones when using the mobile USB-c connections. It would be good to be able to get a level when using the mics while filming others. other than that, these are good.

What happens if you use multiple receivers at the same time? do all of them receive? or just the first receiver to pair with the transmitters?

Hi. I have a question. If I want to conect both of transivers at the same time to receiver, it is possible? Thank you in advance!

Cool comparison video. Thanks. Being in New York, I kinda expected someone to try to steal your gear when you walked away, but maybe ive seen to many 1980's movies! hahahha Seems ontop of the shoulder would be best for the mic if you are walking far away as it would work/pickup walking to and from the camera/receiver..... but who actually walks away that far? It's just a non issue

Such a great video!!!! So informative!

7:22 haha.. you also deed a significant amount of exercise here.

Can you connect the USB C version to a Mac to record directly off of it, and in this case do you need any other hardware?

biggest takeaway for me was that the pixel 8 pro internal microphone is surprisingly fantastic

Can u listen while you record on your phone/camera to adjust audio input

Does it allow audio playback in phones while the rx is plugged in all the other phones?

Can this be used for Zoom calls? How does it connect to a macbook pro?

I'm sold.

sounds like you are modulating your voice when testing the options.

How strong is the magnet if you run or climb or jump?

Do they have a jack so you could connect a lav mic?

Lovely 😊

No built in recording right?

At 2:50 it sounds exactly the same. The Pixel and the lark. Sounds like the lark wasn't functioning.

Without Combo can I connect to my phone's 3.5 audio jack?

Do you have the link to the deadcat or windscreen compatible with Lark M2?

Size and sound quality is amazing. Same as Dji mic2 or hollyland lark max quality but size matters for mics. Lark m2 transmitters do not annoy the person you record.

Is there a way to monitor/listen to the audio while recording?

Best audio settings for Sony cameras?

The portrait mode is not very impressive, it blurs the edge of your ears off. And you're right, most people tend to forget audio is 50% of video, or even a tad more, seeing how many people just listen to KZfaq videos playing in the background, while doing something else.

hollyland lark m2 internal recording available?

Is there windscreen for this device?

Its working very well in asus rog5s phone ?

Cheers so much and the IPhone kills the A7s3 for both sound and video quality lol 😊❤

Pixel 8 Pro internal audio sounds very similar to the m2…

Of all the great things they figured out with the Lark M2... they put no thought into the dead-cat/wind-screens. They're the worst. They cover everything!... Including the button on the mic. It's like after they finished designing it, the windscreen was an afterthought. Disappointing. The other thing is the case has no room/place for the plug-in receiver(s)... or the windscreens (of course). Other than those two things, they're awesome.

If it work coonect lithaning cable for recording audio