Why the Shure hate ?


SM58 attempted destruction video:  

 https://www.instagram.com/reels/DaHqY6Yshvk/

SM58 wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shure_SM58

SM58 Shure page: https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/sm58

$119 (the switch adds $10) - I guess I am old, why destroy something that cost that much new ?  It does seem like a fairly decent value for a professional piece of equipment.  A page on the SM58 design:

https://www.shure.com/en-US/insights/how-they-did-it-inside-the-sm58

I have one of these for the HT-37:




It's been discontinued but I'd never purposely trash it.

I guess the SM58 is supposed to be really hard to break:

https://www.shure.com/en-US/insights/drop-the-mic-just-how-tough-is-the-sm58

So I guess it's more like Shure love or Shure respect rather than Shure hate - I blame the Mythbusters for this kind of activity.

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm


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