I had been looking at this mic for a couple years to upgrade from my Shure SM58. Finally pulled the trigger and bought, right away I did a shootout of the SM7B vs the SM58. Obviously I knew there was going to be a difference in the sound quality, but I wanted to test exactly how much. This Mic has a really great response and it’s designed in a way that it takes away reverberation in the room, at least from what I can tell. My tests proved even better than expected, it has a really nice clarity to it and the benefit of not having to treat the vocal area is an absolute plus. The low end is awesome, when doing my heavy metal vocals, I have to stand farther away from the mic when doing my low gutterals, if I stand too close there will be too much bass. By not standing too close to mic it allows me to be more comfortable, another added plus.
I can’t recommend this mic enough, after using an SM58 for several years this is a welcomed addition to my musical equipment. To add, if you are using a smaller interface like a Scarlett 2i2 as I am, you will need a preamp to boost the mics volume, I recommend the Simply Sound SS-1 mic activator, it does exactly the same thing as other preamp activators will do, it plugs in directly to your microphone so you won’t need to use in additional XLR cable and it comes in at half the price of other brands. I purchased mine directly from the simply sound website, and I paid $60.
To conclude, if you have been thinking about purchasing this microphone I can’t recommend it enough, the Shure company makes microphones and musical equipment that is built to last and the quality is top notch. I hope this review is helpful and if you have any questions please do send them my way.
Update: to clarify, I still recommend treating your vocal area, reverb is just less noticeable than on a standard mic such as an SM58 or 57. You can always put reverb in but you can’t take it away.
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