ShureKSM141
microphone
New retail price (MSRP)
$599
Used market: $465*
Specifications
1 of 9 values have a recorded source- Connectors
- XLR 3-Pin Male·
- Built-in converter
- no·
- Self-noise
- 14·
- Transducer
- Condenser Electret✓
- Sensitivity
- -37·
- Output impedance
- 150·
- Phantom power required
- yes·
- Connection
- XLR-Only·
- Indexable Locales
- ·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Tonal profile
The switchable sibling of the KSM137: a mechanical, not electronic, pattern change - the ring moves an acoustic element rather than re-polarising a diaphragm, which is why the omni is a true pressure omni rather than a widened cardioid.
Gain staging
-37 dBV/Pa and 14 dB SPL-A. Both attenuator steps are large - 15 and 25 dB - so on a drum overhead you rarely need any preamp trim at all.
What the datasheet actually says
Quoted verbatim from the manufacturer’s own page, with the date we checked it. We state what is printed, not what anyone intended by it.
«Sensitivity open circuit voltage, @ 1 kHz, typical -37 dBV/Pa (14.1 mV)»
The KSM141 has a mechanical ring that switches between cardioid and true omnidirectional, and one sensitivity and one self-noise figure of 14 dB SPL-A cover both. The same two numbers, and the same 150-ohm output impedance and 80 dB signal-to-noise ratio, are also printed in the guide for the cardioid-only KSM137. Three different acoustic configurations, one set of figures.
checked 8/6/2026* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value).