Re: [Harp-L] Shure SM57 Impedance range

[Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recently bought an SM57 on eBay and it was indeed a copy. It was  
VERY well done - came with all the packaging and literature I would  
expect, looked exactly like the genuine article. But the  
"transformer" inside was a dummy. The green and yellow wires went  
straight by it and directly to the XLR connector. On a "real" SM57,  
the wires from element to the transformer are green and yellow, but  
the wires from the transformer to the XLR connector are blue and red.  
The mic didn't sound all that bad - maybe a little dirtier than a  
genuine article - and had higher output than my genuine SM57.

/Greg

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On 7/9/08, Arnold Wiliem <arnoldw.id@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for the advice, I can't do anything rite now then..... too  
> bad..
> Actually, what's the difference between the fake ones and the original
> ones? I know there must be some differences... since this is my first
> mic... I've no idea... When do we start to notice that the mic is fake
> while we're using the mic?
>
> Arnold