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<blockquote data-quote="Marsellus Fariss" data-source="post: 117974" data-attributes="member: 1107">Re: Problems with the pins in Shure mics. Is it just us? What to do?So I tested and/or replaced the female ends (again) on all our mic line with Neutrik NC3FX ends a few weeks back. What I discovered in testing the ends using Kevin&#039;s technique was that any female end with even marginally loose contacts inside its sockets cause a problem with these several types of mics. So far the problematic mics have been Shure Beta 87&#039;s (shocker) and AT condensers using the mini XLR to regular XLR cabling and preamps modules. While I did find some of our line had worn out ends, not many of them where totally shot and most of them had ends with only marginal loose contacts. I think its a crap situation that many brands of ends will wear out and cause these types of problems within a year or two of being bought new with these mics and I expect those mic manufacturers could help us out a little. We&#039;ll see if Neutrik ends last longer then all the other brands I&#039;ve used n the past. What&#039;s a definite is that these problematic mics are not going to stop showing up.Sent from my iPad</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marsellus Fariss, post: 117974, member: 1107"] Re: Problems with the pins in Shure mics. Is it just us? What to do? So I tested and/or replaced the female ends (again) on all our mic line with Neutrik NC3FX ends a few weeks back. What I discovered in testing the ends using Kevin's technique was that any female end with even marginally loose contacts inside its sockets cause a problem with these several types of mics. So far the problematic mics have been Shure Beta 87's (shocker) and AT condensers using the mini XLR to regular XLR cabling and preamps modules. While I did find some of our line had worn out ends, not many of them where totally shot and most of them had ends with only marginal loose contacts. I think its a crap situation that many brands of ends will wear out and cause these types of problems within a year or two of being bought new with these mics and I expect those mic manufacturers could help us out a little. We'll see if Neutrik ends last longer then all the other brands I've used n the past. What's a definite is that these problematic mics are not going to stop showing up. Sent from my iPad [/QUOTE]

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