I've got quite a few microphones and there's one that I use more than any of the others
and there's no real reason as to why I do that it's literally just because
it's usually on my desk so it's the first one that I pick up, and that's the Sennheiser MKE 200,
but in this video I want to talk about that. It's really windy today. I want to talk about
that and the Rode VideoMic GO II because those two microphones are awesome, they're both under $100
or around about $100 and I just haven't actually heard the difference between the two and so it'd
be great to see how they differ in terms of audio quality, if one's better than the other
because then I'll use the other one over the other one, if that makes sense so yeah let's see.
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I'll start off with the Sennheiser MKE 200 because that's what i've got on the
camera at the moment and in the box you get the microphone with two cables you get a TRS cable,
and a TRRS cable so it means that you can use it with not just the camera but also
your smartphone and it comes with a fluffy windshield as well so I've got that attached
at the moment because it's a really windy day today, so it's actually going to be
quite useful to hear how well it's cutting out the audio. So one of the things I love about
this microphone, in particular, is the fact that it's so small and one of the reasons why
it has such a small form factor is because the shock mount is inside the microphone so that's
one of the reasons I really like this and probably one of the reasons why I tend to go for it over
any other microphone because it is so small. So next I'm going to attach the Rode VideoMic
GO II and then you can hear what that sounds like and I'll tell you a bit about that as well.
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So I've now switched over to the Rode VideoMic GO II and that's the audio that you're hearing
at the moment. So in terms of this microphone I won't go into loads of
detail because I did do a video about this specific microphone a little while ago.
And so I'll tell you a little bit about it, so one of the good things about this microphone and
why I wanted to get it in the first place was the fact that... two seconds... the fact that I
liked the idea of it being pretty much an all-around microphone, so you can use it for
podcasting, you can use it for your smartphone, you can use it for putting on your camera and
vlogging, and use it in a studio, there's so many different ways that you can actually use it, and
if using it on your smartphone it actually comes with a mobile app, something I didn't mention
in the last video, so you can actually control things like the levels, the high pass filter, the
pad through the Rode Central app which is really useful, but it doesn't carry across to the actual
microphone so if you change anything in the app on the mobile then it doesn't necessarily...
it won't affect the microphone when you plug it into a camera, so that's a little bit strange but
I can kind of see why I guess, but yeah this is what the audio sounds like from the Rode
VideoMic GO II. One of the things I will say is the microphone is under $100 but
it doesn't come with the furry windshield so once you buy the furry windshield it kind of puts it
up a little bit and the furry windshield is only about £25, £27, so it's not that expensive but
it's just something to factor in, that is not part of the actual price in the actual bundle of the
microphone so with the microphone you get the microphone itself, you get a foam windshield,
and the cradle that it comes in as well, but if you want to use the microphone for your smartphone
or as a podcasting mic or anything like that then you have to buy a separate usb-c cable,
but the Sennheiser MKE 200 already comes with the necessary cable that you would need for your phone
so there are a few extras that you would have to buy for the VideoMic GO II
but it's still a decent microphone and this is the audio that you can hear from it now.
So I don't know what the difference is between the two I haven't actually put them both side
by side yet so you can already hear what the difference is and hear which one you prefer and
like i said it's a really windy day and I have got the furry windshield on the Rode VideoMic GO II,
so hopefully it's cutting out a lot of the wind. I'm gonna head inside so that you can
hear how the audio sounds indoors, and my office isn't treated so I'm gonna try and
be as close to the mics as possible but that's just something to bear in mind.
So I've come into my office now and as I mentioned previously my office isn't treated
so bear that in mind as you're listening to the audio because it could sound better.
I've got both microphones connected so I'm going to switch between both of them so that you can
hear the difference side by side whilst I'm talking and one of the things I forgot to mention
was the fact that both microphones use the power from the camera so you don't have to charge them
up you don't have to worry about putting batteries in or anything like that they will just charge up
from the camera if... they'll power from the camera, so it's really good if you're
on the go and like me you forget to charge your microphones occasionally, so really really useful.
That's actually genuinely surprised me I wasn't expecting the Rode to sound that much better
than the Sennheiser MKE 200 and the Sennheiser MKE 200 still sounds good but the Rode I think
sounds better, it's got a deeper, richer tone to it, so yeah I wasn't actually expecting that
and I think I might end up using the Rode Go II, Rode VideoMic GO II
more than the Sennheiser MKE 200, now maybe that one will just live on my desk instead.
So hopefully that answered your question if you wanted to know the difference between the
Sennheiser MKE 200 and the Rode VideoMic GO II, and hopefully you've decided which one you prefer.
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