Hollyland - LARK MAX 2

Ok I’ll give you the Sennheiser Profile. Though to be fair, it didn’t have 32bit float when they launched it back in 2024 and they only added it this past spring (so in my head I wrote it off as not worth my time and moved on). Otherwise I couldn’t find any other Hollyland mics (besides the Lark MAX 2 which I did review in the video) that use 32bit float. And not sure “and others”. Don’t want to waste your time making you look up or type long comments but I do genuinely appreciate the feedback cause this is a pretty niche thing I’ve been obsessed with for the past year.

What a terrible announcement... No 3.5mm input.. Can't sync a Mic 2 TX to the Mic 3 RX.. I guess the Lark Max 2 is still the way to go.

You could use something like the Hollyland LARK or DJI Mic and leave the receive inactive, just trigger the local recording on each transmitter as you put them on the speakers. It might be a bit of a hassle to sync up all of those recordings in post but it would work. They'll still be trying to transmit, there would just be nothing at the other end to receive. If the venue techs will worried about that, then I'd look into carrying a small bag of something like the Tascam DR-10L recorders - on-body recorders with no transmission capability. They'll be a bit bigger and have no remote monitoring option but have no antennas or chance of causing interference.

I own both the Larks and the RODE Wireless GO (Pro and regular) - they’ll all do essentially the same job, but none of them will let you turn the transmitting off. So that’s the only real concern.

It might also be worth looking at the Hollyland Lark MAX 2 as well. Either the RODE or Hollyland would let you plug an external shotgun into the transmitter, then use the TX unit’s local recording to capture without a receiver or additional device. Hollyland is a smaller TX unit if you want to use it as a lapel mic but the receiver UI is more fiddly than the RODE. I own both and see pros and cons to each. If you want to prioritize simplicity then go with the RODE.

Yeah, I was looking at thee yesterday: [https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1895903-REG/hollyland\_lark\_max\_2\_combo\_4\_person\_space\_gray\_lark\_max\_2\_combo.html](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1895903-REG/hollyland_lark_max_2_combo_4_person_space_gray_lark_max_2_combo.html) It muxes down to 2 for in camera recording, but saves individual 32-bit recordings on the devices so it can be rebuilt in post. Here is a detailed review: [https://www.newsshooter.com/2025/08/08/hollyland-lark-max-2-review/](https://www.newsshooter.com/2025/08/08/hollyland-lark-max-2-review/) The best thing is that you can attatch lav mics to them.

https://a.co/d/hHFaJtT I was using a hollyland lark. But somebody pointed me towards this one because the receiver can go right on the side of the camera and doesn’t show up on the invisible stick. And it works pretty dang good. Down the road if Insta360 ever allows you to have two of their air mics in operation at the same time. I may switch over to those. At the moment, I’m pretty happy with this one.

I went with the hollyland and took the panda mics too

Yea, I have a Hollyland lapel kit for my phone when I do IRL streams and they're great. The transmitter is about the size of a pack of gum. But, there are wired versions