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Title: SHURE BETA 181/BI
Post by: jielka on January 22, 2011, 04:51:13 AM

hello!
a question from Strasbourg, France.
has anyone tested the SHURE BETA 181/BI ?
i would to make a M-S ensemble with this microphone (AETA MIXY = PMD 661)...
thank you!
JLK

Title: Re: SHURE BETA 181/BI
Post by: jielka on January 26, 2011, 01:19:19 PM

up!

Title: Re: SHURE BETA 181/BI
Post by: rokpunk on February 22, 2011, 06:09:08 PM

I just bought a pair of Beta 181's for my live sound rig. I'm sure they would sound fantastic for live 2 track recordings. I'd love to hear a recording if anyone has one.


(http://i52.tinypic.com/259zujo.jpg)

Title: Re: SHURE BETA 181/BI
Post by: newplanet7 on February 22, 2011, 08:07:47 PM

Sexy!
And the mics are cute too.

Title: Re: SHURE BETA 181/BI
Post by: Gutbucket on October 16, 2019, 05:55:01 PM

Bump.  Anyone here ever use this relatively small, inexpensive fig-8?

I'm curious about it as M/S Side channel microphone.

https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/accessories/rpm181bi (https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/accessories/rpm181bi)

(https://d2dfnis7z3ac76.cloudfront.net/shure_product_db/product_main_images/files/614/22a/0f-/header_transparent/0bd57225143ddc37c5e9e9fc7da0dbb1.png)

Title: Re: SHURE BETA 181/BI
Post by: heathen on October 17, 2019, 01:40:25 AM

Quote from: Gutbucket on October 16, 2019, 05:55:01 PM

Bump.  Anyone here ever use this relatively small, inexpensive fig-8?

I'm curious about it as M/S Side channel microphone.

https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/accessories/rpm181bi (https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/accessories/rpm181bi)

(https://d2dfnis7z3ac76.cloudfront.net/shure_product_db/product_main_images/files/614/22a/0f-/header_transparent/0bd57225143ddc37c5e9e9fc7da0dbb1.png)

Doesn't look too promising based on this: http://recordinghacks.com/microphones/Shure/Beta-181

Title: Re: SHURE BETA 181/BI
Post by: Gutbucket on October 17, 2019, 09:49:49 AM

Thanks.  Low sensitivity, ridiculously high max SPL, relatively high self-noise. 

Seems well suited as a drum/close-instrument mic, but maybe not so much for us.  Unfortunate as there are not a lot of options this pattern/size/price category, which is why this one caught my attention.