[Music] Foreign Hi I'm Dustin Abbott and I'm here today To give you a quick review of the Fulayam X5 this is a Duo set of Transmitters and then a receiver to Allow you to get audio which I'm using Right now to record on at the moment now I have been looking at this as a Potential possible upgrade at least on Paper from the Holy Land Lark M1 that I've been using for the last year there Are some advantages on paper and that Includes the ability to do a backup Built-in recording there's four gig of On board storage in both of the Transmitters here and so that allows me To back up audio about nine hours worth In an uncompressed bit right there and So obviously that can be very useful it Also unlike the Lark it does have the Option of doing a separate lavalier mic Input 3.5 millimeter input on it also it Has a little bit wider compatibility in That you can include it in there are Adapters to so that you can use it on a Foam either iOS or Android along with Something like a camera as I'm recording Right now then the on the actual Receiver there is an LCD screen that Allows you to have a little bit of Feedback so on paper those are all Advantages over the Lark for something That's about similarly priced but of
Course how does that play out in real Life first of all let's take a quick Look at what's included and how it Actually functions so in the box we have The transmitters and the receiver in Their charging case charging case is Rated for up to about 18 hours of Recharging both of them for use with That we have the main audio cable that Allows you to connect it to for example A camera and then also we have a few Adapters and these adapters are going to Allow you to connect to iOS and then Also to connect into a Android type Device as well we have the dead cats to Cover up the for uh reducing wind sound And then we also have a charge cable in The Box the actual charging case is Definitely larger than what the Holley Lens is the holy land transmitter as you Can see is it's a little bit thinner and It is also less wide and so if your goal Is discreetness and you're wanting to Hide this on your person the X5 is a Little bit more obvious so I will also Note it's also a little less obvious With The Branding which could be a Factor for you so taking a look at the Transmitter themselves a couple of Factors here first of all there is on The top there there is a 3.5 millimeter Input that's going to allow you to plug In that additional separate a lapel mic There's the built-in microphone there
Then if we go along to this side we've Got a power button we have also got the Setting button now if you long press the Setting button for two seconds it will Start the actual recording process and So that's giving you a backup recording And obviously you can do that on either One of those and then do the same when You want to in that long that recording On the other side there's USBC that will Allow you to both charge but also if You're going to try to get that file off Of there you're going to want to use That there now the actual receiver it is Just a little bit slightly larger Footprint but interesting thing here we Have USBC we have an output if you want To pass on audio we also have a Headphone monitoring Jack on that we Have the same two buttons here on the Side we have got the power button pretty Obvious and then the setting button or Set button will allow you depending on What you're doing with it if you just do Quick clicks you're going to recycle Through five different volume settings And then if you long press it it will Switch between mono and stereo and Giving you some different control over The audio input there it is useful to Have a little bit of a readout there to Give you some audio levels right there To also show you the state of charge on Both the receiver and then also the two
Transmitters as has become common for These you don't have to worry about any Kind of syncing process the moment that You pull them out they are active and Ready to work and when you put them back In they will automatically disconnect And start to charge and of course the State of charge and just in per in these Four major percentage points as shown on The front of the actual charge case so Other than it being a little bit larger Than what the holy land is at that point I would give the Holy Land Lark M1 a Little bit of an advantage because the Packaging is a little bit more Compact And everything is a little bit smaller But let's take a look at how the actual Performs so obviously the first claims You get is there's most of these Companies claim a pretty incredible Range on these with the X5 we have a 200 Meter or 656 feet range though that is Line of sight and so let's take a quick Look at actually testing that first Outdoors and then we'll switch to an Indoor type test so we'll start by doing A test as I'm walking away as that puts My body in between the microphone the Receiver and the transmitter from the X5 I'm now about 100 feet away Okay I come to where I'm about 200 feet Away now Another 50 feet closer Now I'm about 100 feet away from the
Camera we should hopefully have very Strong transmission by this point Now about 50 feet away from the camera Hopefully transmission is very strong by This point And we'll walk it right up to the camera At this stage I have every hope that Transmission is nice and strong So as you can see from that test as the I moved away from the camera and the Transmitter was blocked by my body to The receiver we pretty quickly dropped Off and so I went all the way up to About 300 feet about 100 meters so half Of the claim range there was no audio Being picked up at that point even when I turned around there wasn't quite line Of sight as you could see from the Original beginning there there were some Trees in the way but I wasn't getting Any kind of audio at the 300 feet and it Was about at 200 feet when I got close To that point and so 200 feet being you Know 66 67 meters somewhere in that Range that at that point audio started To pick back up first you could hear my Footsteps and then you could hear my Voice and obviously the closer I got Inside of that the audio cleaned right Up and was nice and clean so Outdoors There's obviously a lot of factors that Are going to play a role line of sight Being really important with things like This if you want to use them all out
Near the extreme of the range but for Practical intents and purposes you're Probably not going to work that far away For the simple reason that you would be Very very small on camera so let's go Into an indoor type setting and I'm Going to test with a lavalier both to Test the sound quality attaching a Separate lavalier which ironically is One that I've got from holy land and We'll see how that holds up in an indoor Type setting so let's see how it does Using the lapel mic now typically if I'm Going to be using a lapel mic probably The reason why I'm going to do that is I Want to be able to hide the transmitter And make it just a little bit more Discreet now that creates a secondary Problem and that is the fact that now The transmitter is blocked by my body From the receiver so we're going to in a Fairly large room here we're going to See how it holds up moving to various Positions So still a decent line of sight we'll See how the audio quality is here Quite a bit further away now also have The obstruction of the various seats That are between the transmitter and the Receiver How about over here how is the sound Quality now I'm currently in the lobby so if I come Into the building now we'll see how the
Sound quality does as I continue to Approach the camera to see if I'm Getting a consistent transmission all Throughout the range so obviously in the Indoor setting uh less you know kind of Possible interferences in the building Like that we had zero problems even when The actual transmitter was blocked by my Body and a position behind so anywhere Within a hundred feet you know 30 meters Or so in that kind of setting in an Auditorium zero problems and I think That that's a pretty typical case study For actually using it so all of that is Positive so how about the actual sound Quality obviously the point of a Microphone is to record with and if it Doesn't have decent sound quality it's Just not worth messing with let's dive In let's take a look so this is a test Of my typical sound environment your Most of you are probably familiar with This particular set or setting it is Just a typical room in my basement no Special sound proofing or anything so This is with the X5 right now using Obviously it's bear mic you've been Hearing the raw and unprocessed sound And now if I apply a sound profile to it As I typically do a custom Equalization For all of my mics you can see how the Sound quality is after equalizing I'll Now run the same test with the Lark M1 So once again this is the unprocessed
Audio coming right off of the microphone Into the camera And now we'll take a listen to it how it Sounds after I have done a custom Equalization to try to make it fit the Room and my voice a little bit better so I would say my takeaway from those tests Right there is that the actual raw audio Out of the M1 sounds a little bit Hollow To me it sounds like the mids are maybe A little bit overboost and I have to Pull those out a little bit more in my Uh my custom EQ profile for that I also Found like I still always got slightly Better low end definitely in the Raw out Of the X5 but even after processing I Like the sound just a little bit better Even with the custom EQ settings and so I'm going to lean towards the X5 when it Comes to the overall sound quality so When the actual use and functionality I'm quite impressed with how all of this Works out there are a few negatives that I do want to report first of all while You know it's great to have a charging Case you'll note that in this charging Case there is no room for any of the Cables that are absolutely going to be Necessary there's no way that I'm aware Of unless you're just recording to the Transmitter that if you want to feed Audio into anything then you're going to Have to use a cable or a connector of Some kind you can't store any of those
In the case now that's also true for Hololand but you'll see that they Provide the secondary zippered case that You can put the actual you know charge Case in I've got cable here and up above This flap I've got some other connection Points and even a charge cable the dead Cat you know for wind noise all of that Kind of thing and so you know hololand Kind of recognizes that there's a Fundamental problem with this and they Solve it maybe not as elegant as what I Would like but at least it solves that Problem that's something that I think Fool I am needs to work with with the X5 Is maybe read designed the charge case Where you can store it at the very least A 3.5 millimeter cable that you're going To be used most often to connect with Having no separate pouch obviously is Going to be a little bit of a liability There now not so much a negative but Something to watch out for and that is You need to watch out for the gain on The actual receiver and so there are Five different levels there and I found That initially without me recognizing it Was tuned up towards the top of that Range and even though I made sure that I Wasn't clipping on camera in terms of The actual readout on my my actual Camera what I found is that I shot a few Clips where the sound was over boosted And it was because it was just clipping
A little bit in-house and so I found That out of those five levels in the Actual receiver setting it at about Three seemed to be a sweet spot for me Where I get good audio quality at a good Volume level but without having to deal With any kind of clipping and then the Audio that's sent on to the camera is Nice and clean and so just something to Watch out for you do want to pay Attention to what your actual volume Level is set at on the actual receiver Itself but because it has that LCD Readout it does solve a problem that I Have encountered in something similar on The the M1 there but with the the Lark M1 I didn't have an actual LCD readout And so it took me a while to figure out Why I was not getting as good of audio As what I would like and so it's a Little bit visually better So at the end of the day in terms of my Conclusion I feel like the X5 does Present a strong value for the price Point of about 130 US Dollars you know That's giving you the Dual transmitters It gives you the flexibility to record To a variety of devices you know from a Camera or a laptop down to either iOS or Android without resorting to a separate Microphone right now with the the Holy Land I there's actually I actually have A separate Lark system that's designed For recording to a camera or tablet at
This point excuse me to a tablet or a Phone separate from what I have to Record to an actual camera so getting That all in one package is great so I do Slightly favor it over the Lark M1 even Though the Lark is a little bit more Compact and it's you know thought about The storage solution a little bit better But I prefer the audio just a little bit From the uh from the X5 I also like the Ability to have that backup recording Just in case you had some kind of glitch In the recording of the camera I do like Having the option of doing the lav input Because sometimes it's a little bit more Discreet and in certain settings having That that little tiny lavalier mic just On a lapel or a collar somewhere you can Put that easily and not hardly see it on Camera whereas you know with something Like this it's a little bit more obvious So I prefer having all for for those Reasons I certainly prefer I would say The MX5 at the end of the day so if You're looking as a Creator if you're Looking for a you know a recording Solution that gets you away from wires And is basically dummy proof all of the Connecting up and finding the proper Channel all of that is done you know Behind the scenes it keeps it charged All the time and frankly I've been using It for a month at this point I haven't Had to recharge the charge case yet and
So it's quite efficient in the battery Use and life and so overall it's been a Really attractive package and it's Probably going to be my go-to moving Ahead at this point and that really is About as high of a stamp of approval as I can give it I'm Dustin Abbott if you Want more information you can look in The description down below there are Buying links there are also links you Can just do a little bit more research There's also linkage to follow myself For Craig on social media to become a Patron to get channel merchandise please Like And subscribe thanks for watching Have a great day and let the light in [Music] Foreign
