Re: [Harp-L] Shure SM57 Impedance range

["Arnold Wiliem" <arnoldw.id@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

This is my mic,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25498895@N06/sets/72157606096644015/

@Greg: would you mind checking it with your genuine one?

Arnold

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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:
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>> 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
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