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Old 03-14-2006, 11:59 PM
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Default SM 57 SUCKS.. and shure knows it

ok.. I put a SM57 next to my ear.. and shaked it hard.. it started to ramble.. something is not fixed.. I discovered, its the cap that shakes.. I tried it at our club where I mix.. all the 12 SM 57 make the same noise.. I went to a store and tryed a brandnew.. it rumbles too.. but not that much.

i called shure.. they are aware of the problem because every year user report that certain problem.

there are 2 options:
-1 send it to the factory
-2 repair it yourself.. take a littlebit of silicione and put it between the cap/hat and the body..

ok.. witch stupid motherfucker wants to tell me, that the so called "most successful" microphone does not work till the 60's and no ingeneer was able to fix it?

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Old 03-15-2006, 01:45 PM
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I don't think it's "broken".

If it were broken, it wouldn't pick up sound or the sound would be drastically different from another 57.

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Old 03-15-2006, 10:39 PM
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it sucks something is not working correctly.. thats my point.. since the 60s.. no one tryied to change something..

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Default Re: SM 57 SUCKS.. and shure knows it

If you are insinuating that someone should go and change the mic because the top piece thing is free to move around, I think you are crazy. Then again, I have 6 of them. I'd love for their price to double.

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Old 03-16-2006, 12:11 AM
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Default Re: SM 57 SUCKS.. and shure knows it

this was my go to hell -1 to you

hehehe..

seriously.. I dont wanna own a mic where one of the most important parts is shaking..
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I've never noticed and mine have been flung around quite a bit....
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use an o-ring or 2 in the gap. I had to do that at the club I work. works great now. no sound diffrence now.
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guess what. per psw, they are now made in mexico and not nearly as great as the older ones.

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Old 03-16-2006, 11:25 PM
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I have a 2 old ones (like early 80s) and 4 newer ones. I can't tell a difference.

I'm just trying to understand how the fact that the plastic cap is allowed to move is a bad thing. It doesn't seam to have anything to do with making a record great or not. If we are testing the mic for rigidness or some sort of strength test or whatever, it may make sense, but I'm not sure that I get it. Am I missing something?

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Default Re: SM 57 SUCKS.. and shure knows it

When the cap becomes loose it will rattle. I tried using a piece of tape abound it but it changed the fequency responce. Killed all the low end and very mid rangy and harse. I have on in my gear that the cap fell off. I have electrical tape on it and it is useless on guitar. Sounds like i am miking a non working side of a guitar cab. All feedback. I was using it on a snare for a while but it sounded bad there also. At the club I work at the caps were loose, tried the tape, ended up using 2 rubber o-rings to take up the slack. They sound pefect and actually seem more stable now. I couldn't find an exact size to fill the gap so ended up using 2 o-rings.
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