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ShurePGA58

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$75

Used market: $60*

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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
-55✓
Output impedance
150✓
Phantom power required
no✓
Connection
XLR-Only✓
Indexable Locales
·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal profile

A cardioid handheld built to sit under an SM58 in price, with the presence lift moved a little lower and a softer top. The important difference from the PGA48 above it in the same family is electrical, not tonal: 150 ohms out instead of 600.

Gain staging

-55.0 dBV/Pa sits half a decibel below an SM58 and one decibel above an SM57 - a stage preamp that copes with either copes with this. It is a genuinely easy load: 150 ohms into any modern input, and long cable runs cost nothing.

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~80% retained value).