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Old 7th October 2005   #5
Brian Middleton
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Originally Posted by panda
last i knew.. was the 57 and 58 were the same mic, but the 58 has the foam head and grill on it.. you can take it off and have a 57.. am i wrong?
No, you're right, but that foam-lined windscreen does have an audible effect on the sound of the mic, which Scott Dorsey explained nicely on r.a.p. a while back. In short, the 57 has a little more top-end clarity and a tighter pattern, both of which make it a more useful recording tool. As tINY said, the SM58 is pretty much a one-trick pony for stage vocals.
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