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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Bolt" data-source="post: 82564" data-attributes="member: 3950">Re: The SM58...I have to go with the OP here.I have tested the SM58 against the Beta 58, OM5, Sennheiser e835, OM7, and the EV ND767a.My personal favorite is the ND767a with the e835 AND OM5 behind that.&nbsp; The Beta 58 has more clarity than the SM58, but is pretty bright and brittle needing quite a bit of eq to put it back in line.If I want to get some feedback on stage, all I have to do is get a couple of SM58&#039;s up there in the exact same environment as my ND767a&#039;s and it is pretty clear what is the problem.Having stated that I am not a personal fan of the SM58, it is less directional than my ND767a&#039;s which is sometimes better for singers that insist on singing a foot from the microphone.If you run sound for a living, I am sure that no one ever got &quot;fired&quot; for suggesting an SM58..... but then again, lets take a look at that statement and where it came from.&quot;No one ever got fired for purchasing IBM PC&#039;s &quot;.... was the original quote.&nbsp; Go find an IBM PC today <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I am not saying that a SM58 isn&#039;t good enough to get you through the night ..... it is just a far cry from the same sound quality of other more modern microphone designs.... at least it is to my ears.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scott Bolt, post: 82564, member: 3950"] Re: The SM58... I have to go with the OP here. I have tested the SM58 against the Beta 58, OM5, Sennheiser e835, OM7, and the EV ND767a. My personal favorite is the ND767a with the e835 AND OM5 behind that. The Beta 58 has more clarity than the SM58, but is pretty bright and brittle needing quite a bit of eq to put it back in line. If I want to get some feedback on stage, all I have to do is get a couple of SM58's up there in the exact same environment as my ND767a's and it is pretty clear what is the problem. Having stated that I am not a personal fan of the SM58, it is less directional than my ND767a's which is sometimes better for singers that insist on singing a foot from the microphone. If you run sound for a living, I am sure that no one ever got "fired" for suggesting an SM58..... but then again, lets take a look at that statement and where it came from. "No one ever got fired for purchasing IBM PC's ".... was the original quote. Go find an IBM PC today ;) I am not saying that a SM58 isn't good enough to get you through the night ..... it is just a far cry from the same sound quality of other more modern microphone designs.... at least it is to my ears. [/QUOTE]

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