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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Bolt" data-source="post: 83360" data-attributes="member: 3950"><p>Re: The SM58...</p><p></p><p>I will concede that the SM58 is a very durable microphone; however, we are again going down a path of argument with huge holes in it.</p><p></p><p>The fact that an SM58 is durable does not mean that an ND767a or Sennheiser e845/e945 are NOT durable.</p><p></p><p>I have had my ND767's for over a decade. I have not had a single failure despite them being dropped, plopped, spilled on, and generally mistreated.... and they are a much better microphone than the SM58.</p><p></p><p>It is shocking to me that there are so many here that defend the SM58 and even agree that it doesn't sound as good as other microphones in its price class.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #3e3e3e">Hey Eric,</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #3e3e3e">I agree that the SM58 is a much better microphone than ANY $30.00 POS I have ever seen. It isn't a bad microphone, it just isn't the best.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #3e3e3e">I suspect that had you replaced the crap $30.00 microphones with EV ND767's they would have been even more floored at the difference.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #3e3e3e">This is not the only forum where I have seen this exact subject come up. It amazes me that there is such a rabid following for the SM58 without any evidence that it is a better microphone than the others in its class. It is like a cult or something <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 ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #3e3e3e">So let me list out the reasons given in this thread that you should use an SM58:</span></p> <ol style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #3e3e3e">It is "good enough" even if there are better sounding microphones (I would rather have the best myself).</span><br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #3e3e3e">Feedback rejection isn't the only reason to pick a microphone so it is alright that the SM58 feeds back before other microphones would (It is an important issue to me though)</span><br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #3e3e3e">Other people will recognize it and accept it (I acknowledge that this is important for sound providers, but not bands).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It has a track record of being durable (so do other microphones).</li> </ol><p></p><p></p><p>I still would like to hear from someone in this thread that is willing to actually state that the SM58 is a better sounding microphone than others in its class and that it has better feedback rejection.</p><p></p><p>Any takers?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott Bolt, post: 83360, member: 3950"] Re: The SM58... I will concede that the SM58 is a very durable microphone; however, we are again going down a path of argument with huge holes in it. The fact that an SM58 is durable does not mean that an ND767a or Sennheiser e845/e945 are NOT durable. I have had my ND767's for over a decade. I have not had a single failure despite them being dropped, plopped, spilled on, and generally mistreated.... and they are a much better microphone than the SM58. It is shocking to me that there are so many here that defend the SM58 and even agree that it doesn't sound as good as other microphones in its price class. [INDENT] [COLOR=#3e3e3e]Hey Eric,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e]I agree that the SM58 is a much better microphone than ANY $30.00 POS I have ever seen. It isn't a bad microphone, it just isn't the best.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e]I suspect that had you replaced the crap $30.00 microphones with EV ND767's they would have been even more floored at the difference.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e]This is not the only forum where I have seen this exact subject come up. It amazes me that there is such a rabid following for the SM58 without any evidence that it is a better microphone than the others in its class. It is like a cult or something ;)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e]So let me list out the reasons given in this thread that you should use an SM58:[/COLOR] [LIST=1][COLOR=#3e3e3e][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#3e3e3e]It is "good enough" even if there are better sounding microphones (I would rather have the best myself).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e][/COLOR][COLOR=#3e3e3e][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#3e3e3e]Feedback rejection isn't the only reason to pick a microphone so it is alright that the SM58 feeds back before other microphones would (It is an important issue to me though)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e][/COLOR][COLOR=#3e3e3e][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#3e3e3e]Other people will recognize it and accept it (I acknowledge that this is important for sound providers, but not bands).[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#3e3e3e][/COLOR]It has a track record of being durable (so do other microphones). [/LIST] [/INDENT] I still would like to hear from someone in this thread that is willing to actually state that the SM58 is a better sounding microphone than others in its class and that it has better feedback rejection. Any takers? [/QUOTE]
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