Hey, what’s up? Sami here. Today I’m going to share you with my in-depth review of the…
not any of those,
not this desk,
it’s this, the Saromonic Blink 900 B2.
Actually I got the unit back in January but never made an official review video about it.
However, since then, I’ve been using it as my main microphone whenever I record a video,
whether for indoors or outdoors. Now it’s been more than 6 months and I have experienced all
the good and not so good parts of this mic. I think I can have a say about it.
The package includes two boxes.
One is the charging box for the Blink900 Receiver and Transmitters.
There is a 5V 1.5A Type-c charging port and a button on the right side,
you press the button and the indicator shows you how much battery is left in the charging box.
The other box is for accessories. That is everything you get for it. Ah yes,
and of course it offers a detailed English manual as well.
The Saramonic Blink900 consists of one receiver and two transmitters.
They are all designed as a small shiny black squares with a small color LCD screen on the front.
The sides and bottom are a frosted texture, which feels great. There is a hook on the back,
so you can attach the transmitter to a shirt, or the receiver to a camera or recording device.
Press and hold the Power key to turn on the Transmitter. Here we can press the
“Plus” or “Minus” key to adjust audio gain. It supports 6 levels of that. I
normally use the default level 5. BTW, here is what the screen looks like in direct sunlight,
I know the camera has difficulty capturing it but I can see it clearly with my naked eye though.
Hold down the “Plus” button to enter the Settings interface. And then you use the “Plus” and
“Minus” key to navigate to the settings you want.
If you want to confirm then press and hold the Plus button.
If you want to exit the current interface just hold down the “Minus” button.
The power key is also the Mute key as they marked that as well.
For the Receiver, it offers a 3.5mm audio jack for monitoring the sound when you are recording.
That’s the major difference between the two.
I also noticed the Receiver is slightly bigger than the Transmitter.
As for gesture controls, it’s basically the same as the Transmitter.
To use the mic, it’s super simple. You just turn on the receiver and transmitter and
wait till they pair, that’s it. Then you connect the receiver to either a camera
or phone by using the corresponding cable that comes in the box
and put the transmitter near your voice. The Saramonic Blink900 supports both
mono and stereo recording modes. The default mode is mono mode, that means whether you record
with one or two transmitters, the sound will be just mixed to one sound track.
If you want stereo recording, then you have to switch to Stereo mode
in Output Mode in the settings of the receiver. Then the sound will be recorded to
separate channels. The sounds collected by the two transmitters are saved separately on
their own tracks. When the audience is listening with headphones or using multi-speaker devices,
they can clearly perceive the difference between the left and right sides of the sound, which can
be used to express a special sense of space and is more convenient for post-processing of the audio.
But what's the audio like? Here I tested it in a wide range of scenarios, please check it out.
Alright, that’s the sound test. Not bad at all right? Overall, the Saramonic Blink900 B2 is a
great option for a full wireless microphone system that can do just about anything. They are crisp
and clear, I didn’t even need to post-edit anything, and they sound good. I have zero
complaints about its audio quality in different scenarios. The operation is super simple,
ready to go out of the box. The battery life is just gorgeous! I never run out of battery during
recording. The longest I used it for recording was 3 hours and it still had battery left!
And the best thing is that when you put everything back in the case
it will automatically charge both the TX and RX!
And because the cases are just so organized, I don’t need to mess around with
wires or cables like I do when using that Zoom audio recorder previously. And since the audio was
recorded within the footage, instead of separately I can be assured that I won’t lose any audio file.
For the availability and pricing, you can check out the links in the description!
Compared to other big brands mics, you get a lot of accessories, that’s the best part!
You may ask if there are any disadvantages. I did run into one. I broke the hook just right
before I finished this script today. I’m not sure if it’s a prototype or I used it too much
in the past 6 months, one of the hooks just broke but when I mentioned this to them,
they immediately replaced a new one for me, that’s great customer service. So if you are interested
in this great quality wireless microphone, please check out the link in the description.
Thanks for watching, I’m Sami and I will see you in the next one.