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Default New Shure mics vs. old

On 5/16/2018 7:50 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
The SM-57 and SM-58 have the same capsule inside, but sound totally different.
I find the SM-58 dull because of the foam ball, but the SM-57 is a remarkably
useful mike.


A friend of mine who's selling off some of his mics decided to keep two
of his four SM-57s that he's acquired over about nearly a 50 year
period. He compared the four on a single voice (for convenience) and
found one that was considerably better than the rest. That was an
American made one.

Possibly there could be a difference in assembly or components, or just
the life that it (and the others) had led.



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