ShurePGA56
microphone
New retail price (MSRP)
$85
Used market: $65*
Specifications
1 of 8 values have a recorded source- Connectors
- XLR 3-Pin Male·
- Built-in converter
- no·
- Transducer
- Dynamic Moving Coil·
- Sensitivity
- -57·
- Output impedance
- 200·
- Phantom power required
- no·
- Connection
- XLR-Only·
- Indexable Locales
- ·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Tonal profile
The short-body drum microphone of the PG Alta line, aimed at toms and snare. At -57 dBV/Pa it is the quietest of the three PGA instrument models, 2 dB below the PGA52 and 0.5 dB below the PGA57.
Gain staging
200 ohms of source impedance against the 150 of its siblings - a difference of no practical consequence for any preamp with a 1.5 kilohm or higher input, and the reason to check is that Shure varies this figure model by model inside one series rather than printing one number for the family.
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~76% retained value).