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This is the best audio sounding comparison review of these microphones I have heard. I watched at least 5 before watching this video. Each review gave me an insight to these microphones but yours is audibly the best because the sound is not processed.
Great job. Great great work. The Boya sounds really good. If I was gonna nit pick, you can jump right in without as much intro, just 6 seconds less maybe. Trust that the video description has done most of the work for you. Don’t take that the wrong way though. This video is saving me money so big respect!
Good job with the review! Really appreciate how you went to places with very different ambient sounds to do a comparison. I'm going to get a Boya! Excited.
There is very little difference on most situations trying to capture your voice, until you got to the subway, and then the RODE really shines, so, if you HAVE TO vlog on the subway, or even noisier places, then yes get the RODE. Perfect test you did here
I listen to both with and without headphones and they sounded pretty close imo... I'd definitely get the boya then, since half the price for same performance is really nice!
sound waves look the same mostly, but the Boya goes from 35Hz to 18kHz while the Rode goes from 100Hz to 20kHz. so the low end is represented better on the Boya, and not many humans can hear above 16kHz. great idea btw to record both at the same time. thanks for your efforts !
Boya is definitely louder but also quite echo-ey. Still undecided. Need a mic ASAP and Rode Micro is on sale at the moment. If anyone has some budget recommendations let me know!
man... thank you so much this is what i looking for. BOYA is so much cheaper but the qualiti is the same as rode. funny, that you dont care about ppl around you haha :D
Great comparison, thank you so much! I bought the Boya by-mm1 yesterday (before I watched your video): happy I did. Was also considering the Rode Videomicro, but this Boya was on sale here in Thailand for... US$ 9!
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The Rode sounded a little crisper. The Boya was louder and a little more muted but in a good way. I think they both are very similar and it depended on the scene. I like that the Boya allows you to connect to a phone without buying the extra cable........especially since that cable was sold out on Amazon for over a month when the Pandemic hit.
Awesome review! I watched like hundreds of videos and yours wins hands down! It's perfect the way you made it so that we can hear both audio sources for the *same* video one after the other, and in so many different scenarios. Thank you!!
Thanks for the review. I have questions regarding Boya 1. I would like to ask if you experienced the "noise" from the shock mount when walking? 2. Have you tested in a windy place? There are many complaints about these two, but I'd like to hear from your experience :-)
Wind cancellation with the supplied deadcat works great, walking and talking no experience of noises unless you ar running the long cable could be making noise hitting the camera, but normal walking no issue.
In my opinion, these mics will suit different voices. The BY-MM1 has a stronger lower-end. Chungdha has more treble in his voice, so the lower end compliments his voice. If you have a lower voice, you may prefer the Videomicro. Price makes it hard to deny the BOYA. Thanks for your review!
Chungdha this comparison is amazing. Your comparison has swung me even further towards buying one of these microphones. I am currently looking for a small microphone to use with my oppo A83 and umidigi power 3 to record video stories for the children in my school currently home learning. The oppo A83 microphone quality is good but I know it will be better with the Boya which to me sounds better because of the bass. Would purchasing the Boya be too over the top for my intended use in my quiet non dampened bedroom? I did consider a lavalier microphone but I know I will tend to forget 🤦🏿♂️ I am wearing it and drag my phone, tripod and light with me as I get up to go and do something else. 🤓
As a person who doesn't vlog but is interested in general purpose video capture, I would say that the Rode is starting to appeal to me more than the Boya or Movo
I bought the Boya by-mm1, and I agree with you. I was fixing the audio of my camera (canon eos 80d) and our other dog barked, become +14db or more (red).
does anyone have a hissing in the background with the boya ? i m wondering how to solve it, i have a canon eos m50 and as i see from chugdha video, he doesn't have a hissing sound in the backgound
Yes! The best comparison video about that topic i've ever watched! For me the Boya wins cause here in Brasil, is less than half of the price of rode video micro, and don't sounds worst, like you said, has even more bass to it, and the cable for cellphones, your review really helped it, thanks! xD
I agree that the Boya has richer basses while the Rode seems to works best with highs, I think that the best for you may depend on your voice, I have a natural bass voice so maybe the rode would fit better for me since it could give me the highs that I miss.
Really good test of this two microphones. It shows up the differences really well and for my case the boya is the right one, in my opinion the voice is better recognizable compared to the Rode and this seems to be related to the "weakness" of the high frequencies of the Boja mic and this eliminates the background noises a lot. Nice. Just ordered it. :-)
Thanks the test is PERFECT with all these place and ambiances !! I feel like the Boya pick the voice better with noise around... But it picks the noise more also haha So
I use the Boya BY-MM1 with a Sony A6500 and it is really frustrating when a shotgun mic records audio which is even 3 floors below the building. P.S The room windows were closed, no fans, no Ac and the mic was at a 1 feet distance from my face. yet the audio of children playing playing below the building was recorded as clearly as if they're right beside me. Can somebody help me with this? Do I need to make any changes in the camera settings?
Are you sure you place is not haunted? Try lower your in camera volume, your mic does not need to record full volume and will record less low volume noise that way and in post can add gain to make audio louder.
For the ambient noise I think I like the Rode more, however I think the Boya handles voices better and even seems to filter out some of the background noise, allowing your voice to stick out more.
boya sounds better but from other videos it seems that boya makes extra movement noise noisy shock mount if you are walking and talking if you are not moving and it's a controlled environment boya wins hands down for such a cheap price n good sound quality
Never had such issue even filming handheld vlogging. Unless you really violently shake your camera both mics cables will shake around and hit the camera body.
Well, I have less good experience with the Boya. Shockmount is way worse, it picks up too much handling noise, and when you are in motion, that is a big negative. Yes, there was a TRRS cable in the box, but in my case it was broken out of the box or not soldered in properly, so intolerable RF interference and hum. I just threw it away. The Boya also sounds too bassy to me, so I have to cut quite a bit of the low-end and boost the presence.Indoors, at my place, the Boya picks up a lot of nasty resonance, I have to cut these in EQ. On the other hand, the Rode is way too sibilant, and on my voice I have to de-ess it a fair bit. All in all, I find the Rode to be better (for my needs) and now I have two Rode VMs. But there indeed are situations and voices when the Boya wins.
The Boya sounds better to my bass loving ears. It creates a sonic foundation for the mid to high frequencies. The Rode has a better sounding top end. But that's because it reaches 2 kHz higher. If the Boya had the same frequency top end then the Rode might need to retire. 🤗
Interesting how people can have such different opinions! To my ears, the Boya BY-MM-1 does not win regarding the best sound when it comes to a voice/vlogging mic. For an overall inexpensive shotgun mic, the price-to-performance is undeniably outstanding, however! But for vlogging, the Rode is best as it doesn't require a lowpass-filter to gain those mid to high frequencies that are usually coveted for vlogging mics. The Rode definitely has the treble-end of frequencies covered (voice). The Boya BY MM-1 has a little more bass to my ears and more bleed from the surroundings for a directional mic. Others felt the Boya isolated your voice better in louder surroundings, but I disagree, everything was louder, including the surrounding ambiance...Good or bad, EACH is terrific for it's intended purpose and one can't go wrong with owning either. Of course, having a camera with excellent pre-amps and using better software in post can go a long way with obtaining excellent sound. Of course, if one is doing RUclips vlogs as a living, I wouldn't recommend either as where Video is awesome, great Sound is King! Great comparison, by the way!
Sven H. I bought both of them. First the Boya but I was getting a lot of wobling sounds as I move around. Bought the Røde afterwards. Works much much better.
Check out our new Compact Shotgun Mic shootout test between Boya By-MM1, Rode Videomicro, Deity D4 Duo and Godox VD-MIC here ruclips.net/video/vOPqc-aLhCs/видео.html
This is the best audio sounding comparison review of these microphones I have heard. I watched at least 5 before watching this video. Each review gave me an insight to these microphones but yours is audibly the best because the sound is not processed.
Simple and easy review, other reviews talk nonsense without even comparing the audio quality. Thank you for the video.
The BOYA wins hands down; I felt it isolated your voice much better in the noisier scenes 👍🏻
I disagree. For me Rode has better separation between voice and ambience
You can low cut the Boya to get similar separation
Great job. Great great work. The Boya sounds really good. If I was gonna nit pick, you can jump right in without as much intro, just 6 seconds less maybe. Trust that the video description has done most of the work for you. Don’t take that the wrong way though. This video is saving me money so big respect!
I've had the Boya form quite sometime and even I was amazed at how much better it is than the rode.
Boya sounds better. Period.
Thank you for this video 🐱
Good job with the review! Really appreciate how you went to places with very different ambient sounds to do a comparison. I'm going to get a Boya! Excited.
I used the Boya as in studio boom mic when I first started my channel. Love that deep Boya rich sound.
How did you stand it up if not using it on top of a camera? Is there a stand that can be bought?
For the price, the Boya BY-MM1 is really impressive.
For someone starting out, hell yes.
This is a great comparison, and you've just saved me a packet as I'm ordering the BOYA right now!!!
I wonder how these mics handle high pressure levels.
There is very little difference on most situations trying to capture your voice, until you got to the subway, and then the RODE really shines, so, if you HAVE TO vlog on the subway, or even noisier places, then yes get the RODE. Perfect test you did here
I listen to both with and without headphones and they sounded pretty close imo... I'd definitely get the boya then, since half the price for same performance is really nice!
This is the best comparison of these two microphones on RUclips, thank you
By far the best review i have seen of the Boya and Rode. Thank you for sharing, the Boya wins hands down :)
Thanks for watching!
sound waves look the same mostly, but the Boya goes from 35Hz to 18kHz while the Rode goes from 100Hz to 20kHz. so the low end is represented better on the Boya, and not many humans can hear above 16kHz.
great idea btw to record both at the same time. thanks for your efforts !
Boya is definitely louder but also quite echo-ey. Still undecided. Need a mic ASAP and Rode Micro is on sale at the moment. If anyone has some budget recommendations let me know!
Where the Rode Videomicro is on sale? Any link please?
man... thank you so much this is what i looking for. BOYA is so much cheaper but the qualiti is the same as rode. funny, that you dont care about ppl around you haha :D
Great comparison, thank you so much! I bought the Boya by-mm1 yesterday (before I watched your video): happy I did. Was also considering the Rode Videomicro, but this Boya was on sale here in Thailand for... US$ 9!
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The Rode sounded a little crisper. The Boya was louder and a little more muted but in a good way. I think they both are very similar and it depended on the scene. I like that the Boya allows you to connect to a phone without buying the extra cable........especially since that cable was sold out on Amazon for over a month when the Pandemic hit.
Awesome review! I watched like hundreds of videos and yours wins hands down! It's perfect the way you made it so that we can hear both audio sources for the *same* video one after the other, and in so many different scenarios. Thank you!!
Ever heard of the SAIREN T-mic Dual
Thanks for the review. I have questions regarding Boya
1. I would like to ask if you experienced the "noise" from the shock mount when walking?
2. Have you tested in a windy place?
There are many complaints about these two, but I'd like to hear from your experience :-)
Wind cancellation with the supplied deadcat works great, walking and talking no experience of noises unless you ar running the long cable could be making noise hitting the camera, but normal walking no issue.
Hey, what DB do you use at the audio setting? I have the Boya By MM1 but I don't think I am usi g the correct setting.
I have the Boya MM1. I have found it to be amazing and stunning quality for the price. I loved it so much I just got a second one!
The only problem with the Boya is the shock mount. You can hear a lot of handling sound. Other than thar, the Boya its a great mic for its price.
Please make video on boya MM1 vs MM1+
Thanks :-) Really good review :-) Getting the Boya for some conferencing / meeting stuff and maybe some outside work.
loved the comparison man! very helpful
how did you set up your audio in the camera? Did you leave the audio settings at auto or manual?
Audio is set manual
In my opinion, these mics will suit different voices. The BY-MM1 has a stronger lower-end. Chungdha has more treble in his voice, so the lower end compliments his voice. If you have a lower voice, you may prefer the Videomicro. Price makes it hard to deny the BOYA. Thanks for your review!
This is the best comparison video I've ever seen. Thanks!!!
Thanks!
this was incredibly helpful! Esp in the noisy streets in Hongkong, i am going to get myself the Boya! Thanks man!
Great video comparison. Thanks!
Initially I was going to get the RODE but the sound quality is slightly better on the Boya.
Thanks mate, most useful comparison on the youtubes
Thanks ... im confidence boya is better choice
Chungdha this comparison is amazing. Your comparison has swung me even further towards buying one of these microphones.
I am currently looking for a small microphone to use with my oppo A83 and umidigi power 3 to record video stories for the children in my school currently home learning.
The oppo A83 microphone quality is good but I know it will be better with the Boya which to me sounds better because of the bass.
Would purchasing the Boya be too over the top for my intended use in my quiet non dampened bedroom?
I did consider a lavalier microphone but I know I will tend to forget 🤦🏿♂️
I am wearing it and drag my phone, tripod and light with me as I get up to go and do something else. 🤓
Thank you chung da for this review test.
Very nice review! I wan to see more review like this, so i subscribed!
As a person who doesn't vlog but is interested in general purpose video capture, I would say that the Rode is starting to appeal to me more than the Boya or Movo
I bought the Boya by-mm1, and I agree with you. I was fixing the audio of my camera (canon eos 80d) and our other dog barked, become +14db or more (red).
Great review! Thanks much! Totally agree with your conclusion!
Thanks for your comparison! I'm looking for my first microphone and I think this will be very helpful.👍
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Dang, this is the best review about this budget camera mic. Thank for it
...greetings from Nashville Tennessee!...I have wondered about these. Thanks for doing the comparison
Are you in Ningbo?
i bought this mice yesterday based on this vid. but the sound is very soft. i dont know why, it is the same on my laptop and dji osmo action.
does anyone have a hissing in the background with the boya ? i m wondering how to solve it, i have a canon eos m50 and as i see from chugdha video, he doesn't have a hissing sound in the backgound
Yes! The best comparison video about that topic i've ever watched! For me the Boya wins cause here in Brasil, is less than half of the price of rode video micro, and don't sounds worst, like you said, has even more bass to it, and the cable for cellphones, your review really helped it, thanks! xD
Rode sounds flat and nice separation while Boya sounds dull and roll off (hey it's cheaper)
(Listened with Kef Space One which is neutral)
I agree that the Boya has richer basses while the Rode seems to works best with highs, I think that the best for you may depend on your voice, I have a natural bass voice so maybe the rode would fit better for me since it could give me the highs that I miss.
Best test ever. Thanks!
This is great, I am buying the Boya, and saving money - thanks to you!
Glad I could help!
Movement makes a difference!
My Boya is good when the camera is stationary, but there is a noticeable ugly noise at every step when walking/running.
Nice! Thanks for this test
Great comparison! Thank you very much! You helped me to choose Boya
Really good test of this two microphones. It shows up the differences really well and for my case the boya is the right one, in my opinion the voice is better recognizable compared to the Rode and this seems to be related to the "weakness" of the high frequencies of the Boja mic and this eliminates the background noises a lot. Nice. Just ordered it. :-)
Great upload, as usual. Thank you.
Thanks the test is PERFECT with all these place and ambiances !! I feel like the Boya pick the voice better with noise around... But it picks the noise more also haha
So
Good job! Thank you!
I use the Boya BY-MM1 with a Sony A6500 and it is really frustrating when a shotgun mic records audio which is even 3 floors below the building.
P.S The room windows were closed, no fans, no Ac and the mic was at a 1 feet distance from my face. yet the audio of children playing playing below the building was recorded as clearly as if they're right beside me. Can somebody help me with this? Do I need to make any changes in the camera settings?
Are you sure you place is not haunted? Try lower your in camera volume, your mic does not need to record full volume and will record less low volume noise that way and in post can add gain to make audio louder.
@@chungdha hahaha, I'm pretty sure the place is not haunted. I'll definitely try those settings out.
Thank you for replying.
Great comparisons
thank you so much for the test :) helped me a lot
Best video comparison! Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for. The video! Ill get the boya! I have the boya PVM 1000 and I love it! I'll use this one for my webill S!
For the ambient noise I think I like the Rode more, however I think the Boya handles voices better and even seems to filter out some of the background noise, allowing your voice to stick out more.
Very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for this good mic test. I really like Boya, so will probably buy that.
best review of these two mic !
Very good comparison Dude. definitely go with Boya price also matter
Best comparison. Thumbs up. 👍🏻
I use a boya and it's better for a cheap mic and its usefull for my vlog
boya sounds better but from other videos it seems that boya makes extra movement noise noisy shock mount if you are walking and talking if you are not moving and it's a controlled environment boya wins hands down for such a cheap price n good sound quality
The quality of Boya is amazing. For the price difference I would prefer Boya, and I will go and buy it after some days. Thanks!
I have read that boya mm1 gives some vibration sound because of shock mount, is it true ? Anyone had that experience with boya MM1
Never had such issue even filming handheld vlogging. Unless you really violently shake your camera both mics cables will shake around and hit the camera body.
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Well, I have less good experience with the Boya. Shockmount is way worse, it picks up too much handling noise, and when you are in motion, that is a big negative. Yes, there was a TRRS cable in the box, but in my case it was broken out of the box or not soldered in properly, so intolerable RF interference and hum. I just threw it away. The Boya also sounds too bassy to me, so I have to cut quite a bit of the low-end and boost the presence.Indoors, at my place, the Boya picks up a lot of nasty resonance, I have to cut these in EQ. On the other hand, the Rode is way too sibilant, and on my voice I have to de-ess it a fair bit. All in all, I find the Rode to be better (for my needs) and now I have two Rode VMs. But there indeed are situations and voices when the Boya wins.
Thank you for the video. Really helps me a lot :-)
Boya wins. Helpful video. Good job. Thank you. 👏👍
The underdog, Boya BY-MM1, is really good! I made some sort of s hack for it, to use it as something like a podcast mic!
Interesting. What kind of hack ?
This is as in-depth review as it gets before I pull the trigger to get the BOYA
nicely done ...well done bro
best comparison love it bro :)
Glad you liked it
Nice Review good work ))) Boya all day for me and I just found a new one for £15 Thanks
The Boya sounds better to my bass loving ears. It creates a sonic foundation for the mid to high frequencies. The Rode has a better sounding top end. But that's because it reaches 2 kHz higher. If the Boya had the same frequency top end then the Rode might need to retire. 🤗
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The boya sounds brilliant
what a brilliant video!
to me,thay both sound exactly the same so if I was going to buy one of these mikes I'd go for the cheaper one for sure.
good job!
Great test. You got subscribed from me.
Wow you did a good job
Interesting how people can have such different opinions! To my ears, the Boya BY-MM-1 does not win regarding the best sound when it comes to a voice/vlogging mic. For an overall inexpensive shotgun mic, the price-to-performance is undeniably outstanding, however! But for vlogging, the Rode is best as it doesn't require a lowpass-filter to gain those mid to high frequencies that are usually coveted for vlogging mics. The Rode definitely has the treble-end of frequencies covered (voice). The Boya BY MM-1 has a little more bass to my ears and more bleed from the surroundings for a directional mic. Others felt the Boya isolated your voice better in louder surroundings, but I disagree, everything was louder, including the surrounding ambiance...Good or bad, EACH is terrific for it's intended purpose and one can't go wrong with owning either. Of course, having a camera with excellent pre-amps and using better software in post can go a long way with obtaining excellent sound. Of course, if one is doing RUclips vlogs as a living, I wouldn't recommend either as where Video is awesome, great Sound is King!
Great comparison, by the way!
which mic you recommend for vlog for a living?
The difference is not so big. I also think the base is better on thr Boya.
Sven H. I bought both of them. First the Boya but I was getting a lot of wobling sounds as I move around. Bought the Røde afterwards. Works much much better.
Perfekt thanks
Listening with my bose speakers, it like boya
Damn i recognise that street thats in bangkok thailand
Its Hong Kong
@@chungdha oh well it looks similar i guess