Customer Reviews

Shure Beta 58A Supercardioid Dynamic Microphone

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I have this corded version and have also used the beta 58a cordless and countless other mics for vocals. I sing in the higher ranged octaves and I prefer this mic over any others because of its excellent response and sensitivity throughout its range, it also has no problems picking up lower frequencies.

It also has an extremely narrow arc of sound pickup. Which for a microphone is a very good quality because you wont get feedback very often regardless of the ambient noise around you. I was testing a few things at home on my equiment and was recording some vocal tracks while singing along to some background music. The recording picked up so little of the background music that once you combine it with the other tracks, its next to impossible to tell it was even recorded with anything else even on!

This mic by far is the best one to use if you sing in any falsetto voice, its very sensitive and reproduces vocals of this type better than anything i've ever picked up. I know it also does well in some of the lower ranged octaves from hearing other people sing on it, but I think if that is your primary range you can go with the cheaper Beta 58 instead of the 58a. They are similar but the 58a seems to be a little more friendly to upper ranged vocals than the 58.

Once you've used this mic, you will notice the difference in every other mic you ever use after. This one is just plain superior.

I had my eye on a beta 58a for some time. Being a frequent shure sm58 user I wondered what advantages a beta would have compared to the sm. A friend of mine was kind enough to lend me one, so I tried it out during a gig. The difference was amazing: my voice sounded much clearer, more powerful and the beta had much higher output than de sm. The price was what kept me from buying the beta right away. Now I got one "used but as good as new" through amazon sold by music and film. The beta was indeed as good as new, or should I just say "new", works great and the shipment was fast.

The SM58 is pretty much the #1 choice by most people for a stage handheld. The Beta 58 is basically the same, but better. Better quality sound and better gain before feedback. It's a great mic and that's all there is to it!

The only thing that Shure could improve would be to have a better quality bag with more padding, this would just protect the mic a little more when lugging it around.

The Shure Beta 58A is a road-ready, industry standard for live performance mics.

Known for it's bright BRIGHT, clarion sound, it is an easier mic to work with,
from a live sound engineer's perspective, than the popular,
but more problematic (feedback-wise) Shure SM58.
Being SUPERcardiod, the Beta58A has a tighter/closer pickup-pattern,
and so is less prone to feedback---You just sing closer
to a supercardiod mic than a cardioid--Sometimes, almost, or maybe even lightly, touching the mic.

Any engineer will tell you that the extra-brightness of the Beta 58A mic gives you
better sound to work with at the board---It is simple to "darken" a too-bright sound with
a little EQ. But a "too-dark" sound is definitely harder to brighten with EQ
or any engineering manipulation.

For recording, the Beta 58A is OK, mainly for beginners, as a vocal mic.

For advanced/pro recording use, it is good mainly on electric guitar cabs
and some percussion.

And, it is a durable mic, for sure.

Well, this is a product that dispens comments. One of the most popular mics in the world. It's used by James Blunt, McFly, Coldplay and all the great names in the world. The captation is perfect, and the high-notes, falsetes sounds great in that mic. This is definitely a 100% professional microphone, wich can be used in live shows. Very trusty, very robust. Totally recomended!!!

VERY sturdy with almost no handling noise, the best gain before feedback, and beautiful clear sound. Does NOT come with XLR to 1/4" cable :)

After using countless large diaphragm condenser mics over the years, I've settled on the Beta 58a and the Beta 87a for my vocal work.

I've produced podcasts, spoken word pieces and voiceovers with both of these microphones with superb results with hardly any EQ needed. (You can listen to samples at blog.visitronix.com)

Neither one of these mics will let you down. I highly recommend them!

If you actually need a review to figure out the quality of a Beta 58A, then you're just better off calling one of your friends who really knows what they're doing and asking them. SM58 is the baseline industry standard and gives good response. Beta 58 builds on that, adding a little more low and a lot more high. If you've been using really cheap gear and you pick up one of these, the first thing you'll notice is that you just enjoy singing with it. It has a nice bass rolloff and proximity effect that lets you get much different sounds, all of the nice, depending on how close the mic is to your mouth.

Great mic, and Amazon usually has a great price, depending on who the resellers are.

A member of my church who runs a community radio station encoraged me to get the Shure Beta 58a microphones instead of the Shure sm 58's which I considered, when we did a major upgade of the church sound system. I am glad he did. I have mic'ed male and female voclals, I had to use one of the beta's to replace the podium mic when it failed. I have mic'ed drums, violins, our piano, flutes, and guitars. EVERYTHING sounds balanced and great. This microphone is almost impossible to drive into feedback. I can run the gain on the mixer ALL of the to the top with no problems. Even when I point them directly AT the speakers, I can run the gain very high. I can even pick up vocals from 10 to 15 feet from the microphone. I record piano concerts on our cd recorder with the beta 58a's which are then used to master the muscians comercial product. You would have to buy VERY expensive studio microphones to do better sonicaly. If you run sound at your church, you need to get this reasonably priced, versatil, excelent microphone.

While the Shure SM58LC Shure SM58 Vocal Microphone seems to be the running staple for live performance vocals, and rightly so due to its comparative value and amazing quality in sound and craftsmanship, the Beta 58A needs to be given its due. The Beta 58A is an amazing dynamic microphone that might alleviate some of the stress associated with its more cost efficient cousin. That is, the Beta 58A, in the confined live scenarios in which I have utilized it, has demonstrated a much broader sweet spot and completely eliminated some severe feedback issues. For vocalists that like to pull back from the mic a touch to really belt those sustained high (or, really, any) notes the Beta is a dream. This same effect helps if one is experiencing sibilance or "popping" complications and needs to sing past the microphone as opposed to directly into it.

While I wish that I had a better understanding from a sound engineering standpoint so that the technical specifics could be expounded upon, I can confidently say that the Beta 58A is the best vocals microphone that I have ever utilized aside from higher end condenser mics in an isolated environment. Quite honestly, I would not be at all surprised if the Beta compared well even in confined recording situations. The bottom line is that the Beta 58A might be more expensive than its popular cousin, the SM58, but it is worth every penny. Anyone who has the opportunity should give it a chance to demonstrate its superiority. Six out of five stars!