The Best Lav Mic for Zoom Meeting: Budget Lavalier Mic vs Best Lavalier Microphone

The first one costed you nothing. That’s why it’s so terrible!

Hello Mark i have the lark m1 and i can not figure out how to connect it to zoom and the owners manuel is no help and hollyland has yet to reach back to me and i cant for the life of me figure out how to zoom with it... any help is appreciated

I don't like the first one at all. Sounds stuffed. There are affordable mics that cost less than $20.
Your mic #2 is perfect. #3 is good too.

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Recently, my company removed me from my open workspace and stuffed me into my own personal office, which allows me to have desktop speakers without harassing my co-workers. And, of course, a pair was ordered :o) While awaiting their arrival, the question of a microphone, desktop speakers, and... reverb in a 10"x13" closed space has been this unanswered question of mine. When you're using a microphone Mark, are you also using ear-buds? Have you ever tried using a microphone and speakers on a Teams call?
Thanks for the video and cheers from Charlotte, NC

Can you tell us the brand and model of your lectern mic setup? Sounds fabulous!

The podium microphone (leckton ) sounds way better then those lav mics. Which model number is it specifically ?

Sounds good with the trousers

I watched you on the BHC and now subscribe to your channel. I am a provider of psychiatry services and I am learning so much from your channel. I have many cluster B patients. Can you do a session on interviewing techniques for these patients. Also think about another session for malingering. Thanks for your content.

Hi Mark

i reckon there must be some options before hitting the $100 range but better than that free one! i found the first sennheiser still to be a bit metallic sounding and not that impressed with the last one for that amount of money - quite boomy compared to your lectern mic. keep em coming. x

Thank you so much for making my Zoom presence much more correct, Mark! ~Jason

Glad that you posted this topic. In my opinion, the "free" option detracts from your presentation by adding background noise. I'd definitely go for the first Sennheiser example #2. Not only is it affordable @ $100.00, but it demonstrated a high quality difference compared with free #1. If the ability to move around the room is critical whenever you speak, you can rely on #3. In the quick demo, I could not distinguish a superior sound quality from #3 over the $100.00 Sennheiser model. Thanks again, Mark.

The pricey version was still the best!

The freebie is worth its cost! The Sennheiser was fantastic!

I just bought saramonic blink 500 pro b2 for doing interviews an hour before seeing this video.

The podium mike sounded the best to me. Love the red socks

The Sennheiser wasn't bad at all but surely there must be something between a $100 lav and a $1000.

I love your suit coat material. Does it say what pattern or material it is made from? I want to buy my husband a nice suit. And thank you for the information on the microphones.

For a Zoom call consider what the other people are using, probably something they payed $0-30 for.

Learning lots from you. Thanks

Brilliant - loved the cheap idea, especially if one bud of an expensive pair gets damaged, its always good to have a wired backup, and if Chase is watching remember to unmute first ;)

Hi Mark, I love your hair! Happy New Year

A company called SHURE make good microphones and are well worth a look if you are in the market. I did think the last two on show in this VT, sounded great. I was watching on my phone and they came across very well indeed.

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Thanks Mark, is there anything you don’t do?! I have a challenge for you…do you know any lawyer/solicitor who specializes in the immigration circus in the UK?! My son is an US citizen who they’ve lied about! He went on Dec 7 to visit his fiancé who is a British Citizen. They pulled him out of customs, handcuffed him and perp walked him to immigration. Didn’t tell him a thing, fingerprinted/full body cavity search/mugshot the whole nine yards! Interrogated him and held him for 12hrs!! They said he’d been in the UK for 12 of the last 16 months, which is insane! So they released him to his fiancé! And it just gets more silly after that! But, they told immigration he was trying to get legal advice and he was told in the UK, you have to already have a solicitor on retainer, you can’t just go out and get one?! That’s insane! Anyway all the calls they made to solicitors would cost £1200-£1800 just to walk in, no one would just do a advise call like here in the states! So, there ya have it! Any advice other than they both move to Canada?!

Hi Mark, I don't "Zoom call" much but I'll Zoom over to watch ALL your videos.⭐⭐
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Thanks for the info Mark!

Mark always has something to pleasantly surprise me and make me laugh with the wrinkles in my eyes of a genuine smile said which ... for me definitely the second mic would work very well for me. Thanks for the recommendation Mark and thanks for letting us see those wonderful red socks, you are BRILLIANT!

I spent £20 on mine and it's seemingly indistinguishable in quality from a £100 rig.

If I ever get into zoom, I’ll have your tips. Thank you. Love the red socks 😂

You cover everything, Mark!🤩

What a difference! Thanks for the tutorial and for giving us the best quality sound as we listen to you!