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Shure

SM48

microphone

$59

Gebrauchtmarkt: $45*

Datenblatt des Herstellers

Technische Daten

5 von 7 Werten mit vermerkter Quelle
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male·
Has Built In ADC
no·
Transducer Type
Dynamic Moving Coil
Sensitivity dBV
-57.5
Output Impedance ohms
270
Phantom Power Required
no
Connection Architecture
XLR-Only

Kommentar des Toningenieurs

Tonal Profile

The SM58's cheaper cousin from the same SM line: cardioid dynamic, brightened mid-range, bass roll-off to tame proximity effect. Same job, one cartridge grade down.

Gain Staging Advice

-57.5 dBV/Pa is 3 dB quieter than an SM58 and 1.5 dB quieter than an SM57 - far enough that a hungry budget interface will be near the top of its gain range on a quiet talker. Note the two impedance figures: Shure rates it EIA 150 ohms but states 270 ohms actual, and the 270 is the number your preamp sees.

Was im Datenblatt tatsächlich steht

Wörtlich von der Herstellerseite zitiert, mit dem Datum der Prüfung. Wir behaupten das Gedruckte, nicht die Absicht dahinter.

Herstellerdokumente widersprechen sich
«Sensitivity, at 1 kHz, open circuit voltage: -57.5 dBV/Pa [1] (1.3 mV)»

The SM48 user guide gives -57.5 dBV/Pa; the machine-readable specification block on Shure's own product page (www.shure.com/en-GB/products/microphones/sm48) gives -57.00 dBV/Pa for the same microphone, alongside the same 1.30 mV/Pa. 1.3 mV/Pa is -57.7 dBV/Pa, so the guide's pair agrees with itself to 0.2 dB and the product page's does not. We store the guide's -57.5.

geprüft am 5.8.2026

* Geschätzt über das Abschreibungsmodell (~76% Restwert). · geprüft am 5.8.2026