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JohnJohnJohn Veteran J Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 3,790	I have two dynamics that I like, Shure SM58 and Behringer XM8500. I know everyone goes on and on about how great the Shure is and I have no reason to doubt that, when comparing these two mics I noticed the following, - both sound and work great - the Behringer seems a little hotter - the Shure cost me $100 while the Behringer cost me $22 I have only had these about a year but both seem to be holding up just fine. If I needed more dynamics it would be an easy choice for me to choose the Behringer because it is over 4 times less costly. For condenser I have a Zoom h4N field recorder that has two very nice condenser mics built in. So I cannot see me needing another condenser any time soon. But I can attest to what others say about picking up background noise in the room. One of my favorite recordings has crickets that I never planned for and somehow missed during mixing!

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Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Paul Haynes	03/24/13 02:18 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Rob Helms	03/24/13 02:20 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	DrDan	03/24/13 02:40 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	90 dB	03/24/13 02:54 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Paul Haynes	03/24/13 03:04 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	90 dB	03/24/13 03:15 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	CountryTrash	03/24/13 03:30 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	ROG	03/24/13 04:29 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	musiclover	03/24/13 07:33 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	bupper	03/24/13 07:56 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Don Gaynor	03/24/13 08:55 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	90 dB	03/24/13 09:18 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	JohnJohnJohn	03/24/13 10:49 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	bupper	03/25/13 09:07 AM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	90 dB	03/25/13 10:18 AM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Notes Norton	03/25/13 12:43 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	rockstar_not	03/25/13 01:30 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Westside Steve	03/25/13 04:00 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	90 dB	03/25/13 06:00 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Paul Haynes	03/25/13 08:26 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	rockstar_not	03/25/13 10:17 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Paul Haynes	03/25/13 07:53 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Janice & Bud	04/02/13 02:11 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	rockstar_not	04/02/13 02:16 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	90 dB	04/02/13 02:45 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	John Conley	03/26/13 03:56 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Don Gaynor	03/26/13 05:51 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Paul Haynes	04/01/13 07:29 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	90 dB	04/01/13 07:38 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Mike sings	04/02/13 03:37 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	rharv	04/03/13 12:08 AM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	Charlie McG	04/03/13 07:01 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	rockstar_not	04/01/13 10:06 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	90 dB	04/01/13 11:01 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	rockstar_not	04/02/13 02:29 AM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	rockstar_not	04/02/13 04:01 AM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	GHinCH	04/02/13 09:11 AM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	90 dB	04/02/13 11:29 AM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	rockstar_not	04/02/13 01:22 PM
Re: Which Mic Do You Prefer?	90 dB	04/02/13 02:03 PM

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