Given Hohem’s ordinary laser concentrate on its iSteady gimbal sequence, it’s doable that Sony and even perhaps Hollyland have been taken off guard with the launch of the brand new Mic-01. Then once more, the wi-fi lavalier mic’s transmitter has a extra conventional clip-on form-factor in comparison with that of the brand new Lark M2.
However, Hohem claims that its new contender has the identical 48kHz sampling price for externally-recorded audio backed to set anybody up as a content material creator, though its signal-to-noise ratio is the lesser of the two at 64 decibels (dB).
The Mic-01 additionally helps environmental noise cancellation (ENC) nonetheless, with 3 ranges of power to select from and its personal digital sign processor (DSP) in addition.
The Mic-01’s transmitter and receiver are estimated to keep up their 2.4GHz connection from as much as 200 meters (~656 ft) aside, and to remain on for as much as 20 hours per cost, in comparison with 40 within the Lark M2.
On that notice, its new Hohem rival solely has receivers with both USB-C (for iPhone 15-series items or Android units) or Lightning connectors (MFi-certified for older iPhones), and never one with any type of 3.5mm enter to be used with precise cameras.
Both model is available in an “inexpensive” single-transmitter (TX)/single-receiver (RX) bundle with no charging case (thankfully, each elements of the mic additionally cost through USB-C themselves) presently priced at $49.99 for the Lightning model or $59.99 for its “Sort-C” equal.
Alternatively, there’s a 2 TX/1 RX/charging case set for both variant. As with the Lark M2, the Mic-01’s bundles additionally include quality-of-life equipment together with little wind-screens, though the brand new Hohem mic is available in white in addition to black.
All SKUs of the brand new Mic-01 can be found on hohem.com, though Amazon solely lists the two TX/1 RX bundles in both Lightning and Sort-C on the time of writing – with out the particular gives that cut back the value of the previous to $109.99, sadly.
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