All user reviews for the Shure SM58

I use it for vocals, powerful female voice, on stage
In the studio I use a Rode NT2A
Dynamic microphone, robust, reliable, mythical

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How long have you use it? Few decades ...

Have you tried many other models before buying it? Full, although other Sennheiser him do the shade today, I remain a loyal user, never disappointed

What is the particular feature you like best and least? reliability, yes I know I'm repeating myself but hey, when you install a sound system in 30 minutes in a piano bar was not the time to quibble with feedback or tamper with an EQ for 10 with lead, the SM 58 I cable j 'opens the tranche, and his sentence is

How would you rate the quality / price? Very interesting considering the robustness and reliability

With experience, you do again this choice? ... YES

It is a dynamic microphone, cardioid unidirectional type mainly known for being the reference microphone singing stage.
Bandwidth: 50 Hz to 15,000 Hz
Output Level (at 1,000 Hz): -54.5 dBV / Pa (1.85 mV)
Impedance: The nominal impedance is 150 ohms (300 ohms actual) for connection to microphone inputs rated low impedance
Phase: Positive pressure on diaphragm produces positive voltage on pin 2 relative to pin 3
Connector: XLR male
Body: Cast steel with spherical steel mesh
Net Weight: 298 grams

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I now use the microwave for a good ten years, it has never failed me.
This is the must have scenic microphone singing, indestructible, robust, reliable, cheap.
The ball will need to change for a couple of euros supplied accessories (clamp and cover) exude the same quality, it's serious.
I buy it back this micro eyes closed and I am not only see new opportunity in the state.

The SM58 is a dynamic cardioid microphone proximity (with proximity effect), usually for live voice when you can not afford a Neumann km105 8 times cher.Il is for all purposes, to an amp or an acoustic instrument , percussion, I have not tried a bass drum, should see its allowable pressure not to burst the membrane or burn the coil. Live if you have a basic set right with a minimum of 2x300 watts rms for a small room of 100 people, you're everywhere to me 58 if you have anything better, it's not bad his sound is the ball. Even in the studio for a compressor without battery it goes too ... especially if the sound is not to inform you about top.Continue audiofanzine you will find a wealth of info and link all audio issues. A +

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20 years
The label, without interest, as feedback problems.
Meanwhile password partout.Robuste and well balanced ...
The quality is not always related to the price, use yes.
It is necessary, as many product made in the USA, must see the side of the Germans, but I prefer the Shure ...

According to the seller it is a micro stage, it is for her that I buy are.

Its versatility allows me to use in my recording studio (home), as well as on stage.

It utlise mainly for voice, but picks up ambient sounds great.

XLR connection.

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I used a microphone array ba to sing before I finally thought I could not sing.

In fact, the mic does not accurately reproduisais my voice.
3I am falling one day before this scene Shure microphone and trying it at a friend I finally realized that I was not so bad.

So I finally bought and without regret, the quality is very reasonable compared to its ability to reproduce as faithfully as the sound of the voice.

The Shure SM58S is a unidirectional dynamic vocal microphone, cardioid, which offers a clear and soft. It is a microphone that can be used both on stage and in the studio, indoors or outdoors.
It has a start / stop and weighs about 300g. It is a micro used extensively by professionals, it is very robust and reliable.
Frequency: 50 Hz - 15 kHz
Impedance: 300 Ohm

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I use this mic since mid-2011 and it has never disappointed. I SM58SE version, which is the same as the SM58LCE with a start / stop.
The price / quality ratio is excellent, it is a reference microphone.

Dynamic cardioid for vocals (but not that). Use especially on stage.

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We can say, time passes and SM 58 remains. I owned two with my first group, there are more than 20 years, and was very happy, until that I steal them.
Today, after a long hiatus, I'm back to the music and bought me at the first opportunity: a SHURE SM58, eyes closed. And I'm not disappointed.
I readily admit that we can find nowadays dynamic mics more efficient, more of this and less-it cric-crac, but this mic is almost a legend. It is robust, reliable, versatile and timeless. This point can be interesting at the time of resale.

And it is probably no coincidence that it is found on the vast majority of musical scenes. Not?

It is a dynamic mic, not much to say.
No switch, nothing.
Frankly limited bandwidth.
Insensitive.
I put 3 points because it is strong.

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I have owned various dynamic microphones because at the time I was young and stupid and I trusted the press. See my old gear on my profile.
When I realized he was listening to his own ears and in general other are not very demanding and quite packed I stopped buying anything.

I had the Sennheiser BF-812 (better but not great), a micro brand LEM fairly low but not much worse than the SM58, and I had a lot of static hands: I TODAY 'Today that good microphones (AKG C3000, Rode NT3, M-Audio Sputnik and ...

A dynamic ... cheaper than the SM58 and much higher: the AKD D5.

In fact I quickly sold my SM58 and SM57 I would buy one, archi versatile, can be used for voice but also on guitar, drums ...
So I go to my favorite retailer in Pigalle (Paris), or JVV Audio Partners, a small shop apart from others Avenue Trudaine, but good prices and above all the good advice.
The seller asks me if I know the illico AKG D5: I do not know. He said, "I listen to both, the SM58 is 25% more expensive, you try them both and see you. All my clients who have tried both left with the D5."
Having confidence and being pressed I took the D5.

Later I compared it to a friend SM58 singer on a powered speaker: DAY AND NIGHT. The SM58 is dull, no definition is sorely lacking in presence, and is more sensitive to feedback.
In short, for me there is a deaf man who will not make the difference, and for € 90 instead of € 117 should be a bit more idiot.

The AKG D5 to record in the studio without too Souffir sound "live" immediately mark it on SM58 because the sound of the SM58 is so poor and lacks treble.

That's it. I hope I was clear. There is that conformity can explain that turns to a SM58 aujourd'jui. Would be really naive and not very curious to think that there has been no better since that time. And it is expensive precisely because it is known, is all.
We find this kind of bad products overpriced in other areas, of course: Rickenbacker guitars, the Yamaha NS-10 speakers that everyone recognized and therefore everybody wants ...

LISTEN and do not turn to the best-known products, they are almost never the best and are often expensive.

Dynamic Vocal Mic Stage
Features:
- Cardioid Dynamic Microphone type (unidirectional) SHURE SM58
- Bandwidth = 50 to 15,000 Hz
- Impedance = 150 ohms
- Slight bump in the mids giving it its recognizable

Weight: 0.127 Kg

Dimensions: 162 x 51

OVERALL OPINION

I bought it in NYC 20 years ago, he made small piano bars scenes of evenings with friends, he don 'never betrayed (the opposite is true, my voice, blah!), I 2 years ago bought the grille (10-15 €)
And that's all, not bad contact, little or no feedback and a warm, very recognizable, on the other hand
In the studio you have to buy a dynamic microphone is essential.
My Shure is Fantastic!