shure 545s vs sm57

Shure SM57: Shure Unidyne III 545 SD: These frequency response graphs pictured above are current, 2009 data based on production models, and they show that the Unidyne III sounds particularly different in the high range - quite possibly giving it a nice boost in that area that many engineers find desirable and "mojo" worthy. First of all, the impedance were never intended to match the preamp exactly. Surprisingly, the street price of the 545 is actually a little lower than that of the SM57 by about US$6. Although those people didn’t realize why, perhaps the 545 sounded better because it had a better impedance match. The internal 51E23 transformer has low impedance and high impedance windings, and is what makes the mic so powerful and versatile. 3.5mm to xlr adaptor - does it make it balanced? My Shure 545 and Sm57 unidyne lll sound exactly the same to me, pretty decent. Shure’s enormous A81WS windscreen (shown above) and mounted in Shure’s A55M ShockStopper Mic Clip, aka shockmount, on Heil’s PL–2T overhead boom. The 545 was connected to the preamp of the MixPre-D from Sound Devices (shown above, first reviewed here), with low cut filter active. Unauthorized use is prohibited without prior approval, except for short quotes which link back to this page, which are encouraged! When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. The predecessor of the 56 and 57 was the 546, not the 545. Here is the Wikipedia definition of electrical impedance, and I agree with it. My modern sm57 sounds very different than the other two, mediocre. Cosmetic differences, half of which become invisible if you combine the 545 with the enormous A81WS windscreen from Shure, as I did. bob olhsson. Broadcast Headphones vs Gaming Headphones. In the above video, Matt Rygelski demonstrates that the SM57 combined with the enormous A81WS windscreen from Shure sonically transforms the SM57 and makes it sound virtually the same as the much more costly SM7B, at a fraction of the cost, and without demanding a preamplifier that costs much more than the SM7B itself. Here is my review of... © 2020 ProVideo Coalition, a Moviola Company. Aqua Marine. Nowadays, the inputs are very often very high impedance. My understanding is that you’ll be able to play it in the latest versions of all popular modern browsers, in alphabetical order: Chrome, Edge (which is Microsoft’s replacement for Internet Explorer), Firefox, Opera and Safari. Although the 545 is much less prominent, it is still available today. The above tests were recorded using the Shure palindromic 545 microphone. My 545's seem to have more detail, sweeter mids and top end than the 57's.... though I often still mindlessly refer to them as 57's. Listen to his CapicúaFM show at CapicúaFM.com in iTunes or Stitcher. Also, do to manufacturing > reasons, it > is impossible to use 57 rejects for the 545. Here are some examples of dynamic balanced microphones I have covered over the past few years here in ProVideo Coalition magazine, together with their published output impedance: All listed above are considered “low impedance”. Both with the SM57 and the 545, there is much speculation about the quality after Shure moved its manufacturing from the US to México and China. You’ll find details about that ahead in this article. I am exclusively publishing an uncompressed WAV file, which I have embedded using the HTML5 audio player code. However, we all know that they are extremely similar microphones, in fact, they are almost identical. In fact, we started making > the 545 about 7 years before the SM57. However, if you don’t really like the dynamic microphone you have, or don’t yet have one at all, and you liked the sound and the look of it, you may consider the palindromic 545 from Shure, especially combined with the enormous A81WS windscreen and mounted in Shure’s A55M ShockStopper Mic Clip, aka shockmount. If you already have a different dynamic microphone that you love, there is no reason to buy a new one. Audio is much more variable, as covered in the rest of this article. Well I have good news for you: Even though it pre-existed the SM57 by five years, that microphone does indeed exist; it’s still available for sale today, and it’s even palindromic! They work fine, but their tone will vary, as explained further ahead. Electrical impedance is the measure of the opposition that a circuit presents to a current when a voltage is applied. Is this mic similar to the old Unidyne 57? Sign up to my free mailing list by clicking here, Production During a Pandemic: Working as a COVID 19 Compliance Officer for a Film Production, Insights and Advice from a COVID-19 Compliance Officer for Pre-production and Production, ART OF THE CUT with “Hillbilly Elegy” editor, James D. Wilcox, ACE, Review: Zoom ZDM-1 dynamic studio microphone or kit, After Effects Classic Course: Refine Edge Tool, Interview with creator of Hooke Lav 48 kHz microphone-transmitter-recorder, Hooke Audio announces bluetooth lav mic with local storage, Review: Saramonic SoundBird T3 shotgun microphone, The current version of the 545 has switchable impedance (high and low), via a jumper. The SM57 has a voice coil made of a different > material than the 545. Back in the analog days of video, standard impedance was 75Ω (ohms). Above you’ll see the Shure A85F, a transformer that allows you to match the low impedance microphone source —even after a long distance or when you have lot’s of EMF or EFI— to an input that is very high impedance and especially if it doesn’t use a transformer, but employs electronic balancing. Also, do to manufacturing > reasons, it > is impossible to use 57 rejects for the 545. a dynamic mic between 150Ω and 600Ω with a 600Ω input would be well within range. Shure SM57 vs Audio-Technica AT2020 The Shure SM57 is a Dynamic microphone that has a frequency response of 40Hz to 15kHz and it’s designed to record instruments and to be used on …