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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Maxwell" data-source="post: 117181" data-attributes="member: 321">Re: Problems with the pins in Shure mics. Is it just us? What to do?The SM87s have a pin problem but you are looking at the wrong end. It is up at the capsule, it is suspended on 3 rubber suspension pieces inside the windscreen. There are 2 wires that go to the capsule they usually have a dab of silicon on them to keep them in place but it can work loose. I actually think one of the wires is soldered to the capsule and the pin is on the body and the other wire is soldered to the body and the pin is on the capsule. Sometimes you can just gently plug them back in sometimes it requires more talent to fix them. Be careful pulling this apart, you can break things very easily unless you know how to work on this kind of stuff. I don’t know if the Beta version is constructed the same way. If you try my male pin trick I mentioned in my other post in this thread it will tell you if the female xlr is too loose to continue using.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kevin Maxwell, post: 117181, member: 321"] Re: Problems with the pins in Shure mics. Is it just us? What to do? The SM87s have a pin problem but you are looking at the wrong end. It is up at the capsule, it is suspended on 3 rubber suspension pieces inside the windscreen. There are 2 wires that go to the capsule they usually have a dab of silicon on them to keep them in place but it can work loose. I actually think one of the wires is soldered to the capsule and the pin is on the body and the other wire is soldered to the body and the pin is on the capsule. Sometimes you can just gently plug them back in sometimes it requires more talent to fix them. Be careful pulling this apart, you can break things very easily unless you know how to work on this kind of stuff. I don’t know if the Beta version is constructed the same way. If you try my male pin trick I mentioned in my other post in this thread it will tell you if the female xlr is too loose to continue using. [/QUOTE]

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