Shure Vintage Dynamic Microphone Shootout (SM7, SM5B, SM56, 546, 545, SM57, 548)

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@HoneyWindbutton Жыл бұрын

This is great. The only thing that would have made it perfect is if you compared the dirty sounds back to back etc rather than breaking them up with the clean sounds in between so we didn’t have to try to remember what the other one had sounded like after listening to something totally different. Thanks for doing these !

@sarahneczwid366 3 жыл бұрын

I love how all of these sound on acoustic guitar. There little variations are gorgeous. I ❤️ Shure.

@bradnewsom6058 3 жыл бұрын

SM5b and 548 are great. I wish they would reissue them. Was surprised how much I like the SM56

@JordanSusanto 3 жыл бұрын

The 548 and 545 are so pleasant sounding

@ZachariahConnor 2 жыл бұрын

The 5b is shockingly clear

@mathenoo 3 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how I like the modern 57 only on the snare. Sm7 and 5b sound great on everything. My personal favorite was the 546, sounded almost like a ribbon on the acoustic guitar.

@pedrazarecords 25 күн бұрын

you should sing more often!! I really loved it, best regards!

@bruwin 2 жыл бұрын

I'll admit I was listening to this with ear buds so I didn't hear any difference until the vocals. And wow, the sm5b really stood out to me. I would absolutely love for there to be a modern one made. Shure made magic in the 60s then never really made anything better.

@takeiteasy2476 3 жыл бұрын

I really liked 546 on acoustic, but sm56 on vocals is a killer! Thanks for the video!

@andthensome512 Жыл бұрын

That amp sounds so good.

@LosFicosMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my bro

@eatngoodtv 3 жыл бұрын

sm5B is magic

@TessaAnderson 2 жыл бұрын

I am so excited to see this video

@alakovideo 4 ай бұрын

Would be awesome to hear the snare tests with another section for bleed - another huge factor in choosing mics. Snare might sound great but the side rejection could cause other parts of the kit to sound horrible. Becomes a big factor when it goes through compressors etc.

@evandenisiu2344 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video man! God bless!!

@davestasts1173 Жыл бұрын

The SM56 and SM57 have the same mic cartridge. The 57 was the handheld version of the 56. The last year of production for the SM56 was either 1987 or 1988.

@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer 11 ай бұрын

I have no reason to believe you're wrong but every sm56 I've used has sounded better than every 57 I've used. _Especially_ on snare but also on any drum (toms, congas, cajohns etc) and also vocals. Sm56 on a snare always just sounds like a finished record.

@davewestner 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this video. I was very interesting. Kinda blown away by the fact that I'd never heard of a SM5b and how good it sounds. Shame they're around $1000 these days. It was interesting to hear how similar some of these mics sound in this presentation. I did a similar test with the mics I have (545, 548, Unidyne III and stock 57), and the top end was very different on each of mine, although the Unidyne III and 57 were closer than I expected. Everything below around 1k is roughly the same. With the mics that I have, the 545 kinda blows the doors off of the others on snare. Like, it's different enough that a regular person would hear a difference. It was a bit more subtle here. Is your 545 an old one? Wonder what's up with all of that? Maybe my mics are screwed up or something.

@colepicksvintage 2 жыл бұрын

All of the mic’s in this video are the vintage USA made versions! As for the tonal differences - in many cases old Shure dynamic’s need to be serviced. Their diaphgram’s can become dirty, as well as the top grills becoming pressed down onto the diaphragm which reduces frequency response. I service them if this is needed! Just check out the Repairs section of my website. Thanks for checking out the video!

@davewestner 2 жыл бұрын

@@colepicksvintage Thanks for the response! Making me wonder if my mics need some kinda servicing.....I have never had any of my dynamic mics looked at because I just assumed that's the way they were. Or maybe my 545 is a newer one, but not sure....I'll have to see if I can figure it out when I use it next. Also, I suppose that each mic has its own sound. Design tolerances and whatnot.

@wesl2044 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear the difference between a SM53 and a SM54.

@blashuvec 3 жыл бұрын

i love everything tbh although the 546 and 57 uni stood out. the modern 57 sounds so... for a lack of a better word... "young" lol like idk i feel more optimistic while the others make me feel "stable" lol does that make any sense? haha

@gordongurley3982 3 жыл бұрын

SM5b is amazing. Too bad it’s practically unobtainable. I wonder if the SM7b with the bright switch engaged would sound similar. The SM56 is somewhat close to the SM5b, closer than anything else. Interestingly, according to Shure, the SM56 and the modern SM57 have exactly the same frequency response. Seems pretty clear in this test that they sound completely different.

@abswift82 8 ай бұрын

Frequency response and tone are not the same thing!! There's no way to represent tone of a mic on paper. I think of it being the difference between the shape of the wave in the air and the shape of the resulting electrical AC wave. And the shape of wave will vary with frequency!