Re: Shure 545's

["Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the clarification on the XLR vs. 4-pin questions. I really didn't 
think that the signal would be affected by the vintage of the connector 
style (some do believe this though.)
For a related debate see: MONSTER CABLE-blah, blah, blah

BTW, wasn't the SM-57 a direct descendant of the Unidyne III 545's? How much 
do they really differ in sound & response? I have used 545's off & on for 
years and have also used 57's & 58's (through amps.)

I do agree that many players would be better served with less distortion.

Michael Peloquin
http://www.harphouse.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=4





>From: PL500@xxxxxxx
>Reply-To: PL500@xxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Shure 545's
>Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:29:29 EDT
>
>Andrew,
>Do the newer mics sound bad because of the XLR connector?
>
>and
>
>I have heard that the 545 underwent some kind of change, and that the new
>ones do not sound nearly as good for harmonica as the older ones.  I cannot
>comment personally on this, not having played a recently manufactured 545.
>It is my impression, though, that the change, whatever it was, came some
>time after Shure went from a 4-pin connector to an XLR.
>
>fjm speaks the truth.  His 545 had more output than my thirty year old one
>and had a nice fat sound.  But, fjm, when was that one made, if you know?
>You said it was given to you.  Is there any way to date it?
>=============================================================
>Hello,
>
>No, The XLR jack doesn't make the newer Shure 545SD's sound bad, it is the
>element that they are using. In design it maybe the same element but the 
>quality
>of that element might be lacking. The Shure 2 545SD's which I got are the
>best sounding harp mics I have used. Both of these mics have XLR jacks on 
>them,
>and IMHO opinion outsound every other 545 I have used (and I have used alot 
>of
>Shure 545's).  I don't know about output and I don't really care about 
>output,
>mostly because it seems to have very little to do with how the mic sounds
>IMHO.
>What seems to matter is how well the microphone tends to handle and
>compensate frequency ranges for the harmonica. I have mics that have WAY 
>more output
>than my Shure 545SD's but I would use the Shure 545SD's over them anyday of 
>the
>week for how they sound. Remember its not how much the mic drives the amp
>(Most harp players play with way too much distortion anyway), but how the 
>mic
>handles the overall sound of the harmonica.
>In short its nice to know that in 1971 they were making Shure 545SD's with
>XLR connectors, that explains alot.
>
>Andrew

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