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1 week ago | prosoundweb.com | Phil Garfinkel |Phil Garfinkel lives

Last year, Shure introduced the Nexadyne series of microphones, one of the first major shifts in a while for the company, which is currently celebrating its 100th anniversary. As someone who worked for a competing mic manufacturer for 15 years, I was very intrigued, and also initially a bit skeptical. After all, the Beta series seemed largely a re-packaging original mic designs (admittedly with different magnets). Was this really a new direction? Or was it just more of the same?

Nov 27, 2024 | prosoundweb.com | Phil Garfinkel |Phil Garfinkel lives

Earthworks has been around for a while; it’s a family-owned company in New England (specifically, Milford, New Hampshire) that has a reputation for designing high-quality microphones at a price point that’s usually not for the faint of heart. So when I heard about the company’s new handheld vocal condenser, the SR117, coming in at $199 MAP, well, there was no question — I had to try it out (and, of course, tell y’all about my experience).