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ShureBeta 57A

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$169

Used market: $130*

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Specifications

5 of 8 values have a recorded source
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male·
Built-in converter
no·
Transducer
Dynamic Moving Coil✓
Sensitivity
-51✓
Output impedance
150✓
Phantom power required
no✓
Connection
XLR-Only✓
Indexable Locales
·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal profile

The instrument twin of the Beta 58A: identical supercardioid cartridge and identical -51 dBV/Pa output, hardened grille instead of the ball. Shure prints the same 50 Hz to 16 kHz range for both.

Setups using this gear

Soyuz Launcher with a Shure Beta 57A: 26 dB from a transformer, and the same unwritten phantom question

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~77% retained value).