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Shure Beta 87A

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4 stars
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3 stars
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Pros

  • clarity and quality of your voice remain basically the same
  • built like a tank and performs flawlessly in any weather
  • a smooth frequency response and high sound pressure level capabilities

Cons

  • Shure offers no switches of any kind on its wired mic line
  • low self-noise levels
  • betas sound almost lame
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Key specs

  • Studio microphone
  • Supercardioid
  • 1.2 mA
  • Wired
  • 50, 20000 Hz
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Shure Beta 87A - Pros & Cons

Shure Beta 87A

Pros

  • clarity and quality of your voice remain basically the same
  • built like a tank and performs flawlessly in any weather
  • a smooth frequency response and high sound pressure level capabilities
  • balanced
  • warm and clean
  • It s open
  • natural and detailed
  • sleek and quite attractive
  • superb quality
  • open sound with lots of detail and clarity
  • an important ability to work in high sound pressure environment

Cons

  • Shure offers no switches of any kind on its wired mic line
  • low self-noise levels
  • betas sound almost lame
  • microphone which is more sensitive and prone to feedback (
  • it is quite insensitive to feedback
  • static it does not like moisture

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Shure Beta 87A - Full Specifications

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Technical details
Microphone typeStudio microphone
Direction typeSupercardioid
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Design
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  • Black
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Power
Power consumption1.2 mA
Operating voltage52.0 V
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Recording quality
Frequency range50 - 20000
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Connectivity
Connectivity technologyWired

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