Shure SM7B vs SM58 (With Audio!)

[AudioPhile777]

Thought this might be of interest...

http://www.homestudiocorner.com/2009/06/18/shure-sm7b-vs-sm58-with-audio/

 

[Ohmission]

Cool comparison. Thanks.

Cheers,
George.

 

[arv_foh]

No contest, IMO, it was very easy to tell which one was the 58

 

[narcossintese]

I’d never thought to use the SM58 for recording vocals. That would be “amateur,” I thought.

The dude has been living under a rock?

 

[Joematthews]

After reading the comments I was suprised more people couldn't tell the SM7 straight away, the amount of extra detail, clarity and warmth it had was easy for me to hear, and yes, I think it's worth the $250 for studio use.

Joe

 

[JeffTD]

Fuck yes, so stoked to use my Sm7!

 

[Line666]

He removed the microphones windscreens though, sonically that's going to make quite a lot of difference to how each microphone reacts, thus this probably isnt the most accurate of comparisons.

Sm7 definitely felt smoother and slightly less nasal for me though.

 

[Rip-G]

Yes there is a difference, but is it really a 250$ difference?... Both sound pretty good because the vocalist is really good. Hmm... Still I'm tempted to buy SM7.

 

[Harry Hughes]

Fuck I hate you Americans.
You couldn't even get a SM-57 for 100 bucks brand new here, let alone an SM-58

 

[FIXXXER]

i often use a 58 for "heavier" vocals. the sound difference is
minimal and not really appropiate to the 300€ difference in price IMHO.

the wav forms also look very identical, think about it!

cheers
S.

 

[Emdprodukt]

got my sm7 for the us-price. I think there is quite some difference in clarity an warmth. I always had to boost higher frequencies with the sm58 and it started to sound nasal.

 

[Rip-G]

Ah yes, the prices outside USA. It's 111 (SM58) and 400 (SM7) in a popular German mail order store. It would be a bit more than this in my country... And oh... we're talking euros not dollars.

 

[Erik Monsonis]

I could notice the difference, but seriously, I thought it would be easier and more obvious!

 

[HandsOfDespair]

A huge difference IMO, but I noticed it a lot more the first time I recorded with my sm7b after 1 year using my 58. Was nice that I didn't have to eq a lot my vocals tracks compared to my 58.