Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Shure SM53 or 54?

 At your risk


The studio version is reported to be a Neumann condenser, I do not know if this is true and I do not know if the following video is using the studio recording.




There are 2 electrical filters inside the Shure SM54 microphone:

https://www.coutant.org/shursm54/index.html


An (inductor in series with capacitor) in parallel with voice coil.

An switchable inductor in parallel with voice coil for bass, mid correction of the proximity effect.


A Shure SM7 has similar ones:

https://www.coutant.org/sm7/index.html


(I am thinking of making more such filters inside Neutrik module XLR female to male adaptors. See also Pleiades filters.




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