SM57 fakes on eBay

[Geoff]

Yeah, I got stung. However the asking price was not totally unrealistic
for a package of 3 units, so I gave it a shot.

To their credit Ebay/PayPal accepted my dispute and came out in my favour,
refunding the whole charge including freight, though requiring an onerous
bunch of supporting documentation to be faxed to them.

The weirdest thing was that checking out the Shure website for info on this
situation, there seems no obvious info there warning of the scam, or info to
help identify genuine versus fake mics.

I will be posting a PDF of a sheet I have prepared to spot the differences.
URL to be arranged.

geoff

[Keith Stolte]

On Jan 18, 4:25 pm, "Geoff" > wrote:
> Yeah, I got stung. However the asking price was not totally unrealistic
> for a package of 3 units, so I gave it a shot.
>
> To their credit Ebay/PayPal accepted my dispute and came out in my favour,
> refunding the whole charge including freight, though requiring an onerous
> bunch of supporting documentation to be faxed to them.
>
> The weirdest thing was that checking out the Shure website for info on this
> situation, there seems no obvious info there warning of the scam, or info to
> help identify genuine versus fake mics.
>
> I will be posting a PDF of a sheet I have prepared to spot the differences.
> URL to be arranged.
>
> geoff

Thanks that would be great. I'm looking at getting some Shure mics soon
and ebay was an option that I was looking at.

[Federico]

What fake Shure models are on eBay other then SM57 and SM 58?
Beta 87? Beta 52? Beta 98 or Beta 91?
Any condenser or "strange" model such the SM7?
F.

[Six String Stu]

I saw one about a week and a half ago that claimed to be a Shure 585. I went
to Shure's web site and couldnt find mention of a 585, so I passed on
bidding.

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"Federico" > wrote in message
...
> What fake Shure models are on eBay other then SM57 and SM 58?
> Beta 87? Beta 52? Beta 98 or Beta 91?
> Any condenser or "strange" model such the SM7?
> F.
>

[RD Jones]

Six String Stu wrote:
> I saw one about a week and a half ago that claimed to be a Shure 585. I went
> to Shure's web site and couldnt find mention of a 585, so I passed on
> bidding.

The 585s were early Unisphere models that predated the '58.
There were high and low impedance versions and, as far as I
know, used different Amphenol connectors for each either
the coaxial type for high and a 2 pin type for low.

The low Z version did not use a transformer.

rd

[Peter Larsen]

RD Jones wrote:

> The 585s were early Unisphere models that predated the '58.
> There were high and low impedance versions and, as far as I
> know, used different Amphenol connectors for each either
> the coaxial type for high and a 2 pin type for low.

I have a 4 pin amphenol, at least that is what I recall it as being
without checking, from the cable for one.

> The low Z version did not use a transformer.

Can't comment, too long ago.

> rd


Regards

Peter Larsen

[bob]

"Peter Larsen" > wrote in message
...
> RD Jones wrote:
>
>> The 585s were early Unisphere models that predated the '58.
>> There were high and low impedance versions and, as far as I
>> know, used different Amphenol connectors for each either
>> the coaxial type for high and a 2 pin type for low.
>
> I have a 4 pin amphenol, at least that is what I recall it as being
> without checking, from the cable for one.
>
>> The low Z version did not use a transformer.
>
> Can't comment, too long ago.
>
>> rd
>
>
> Regards
>
> Peter Larsen


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