Shure KSM32 And Shure KSM137: Why Cartridge Size Matters
February 13, 2008
Shure's Tim Vear shows us the KSM32 and KSM137 studio microphones. While most studio microphone owners baby their microphones so that they grow up to be fragile wimps, Tim says that Shure's KSM series microphones are made to be just as durable as tough dynamic mics like the SM58 [that one mic you always see hanging out at the bar and defeating drunk lead singers in brawls].
Tim also explains the differences in application between large and small diaphragm condenser microphones. If your miking more than your own voice in your home studio, it's a very good thing to know.
And that monster truck joke in the outro finally makes sense, proving once again that I'm not insane.
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Diaphragm sizes
Vear makes misleading comments.
He claims the KSM137 is a small diaphragm mic and has approx 1/2 inch diaphragm. This is incorrect. They have approx 3/4 inch diaphragm. IOW, they are medium diaphragm mic's, not small.
It's made worse by his stressing the small diaphragm nature of the KSM137 immediately after talking about the KSM32.
The KSM32 and the KSM137 have the same diameter diaphragm!
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