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Title: Shure SM-58 voal mic (48V Phantom or no?)
Post by: TheImplodingVoice on December 28, 2005, 05:49:54 PM

Hi everyone. Happy holidays. I recently bought a Shure SM-58 vocal mic for my Mom to use for karaoke. These microphones are very popular for vocalists/singers around the world. I cannot figure out if they can run safely off of 48V or not. They have an XLR jack, so I bought an XLR-to-1/4" cable to connect it to the Mic Input on the karaoke machine. Anyway, I must have a defective mic because I can't get it to run on the karaoke machine or even my PCM-M1 DAT Line In and even M1 Mic In jacks.

Thanks if you have any info,
Tom

Title: Re: Shure SM-58 voal mic (48V Phantom or no?)
Post by: Bri on December 28, 2005, 05:57:04 PM

no need for 48V phantom and it wont hurt the mic anyway. Check to see if the mic input on the karoke machine is Low level (Balanced) or High Level (Unbalanced). It's likely a wiring problem because that mic will do either, depending on the wiring...

Bri

Title: Re: Shure SM-58 voal mic (48V Phantom or no?)
Post by: Chuck on December 29, 2005, 07:05:36 PM

Absolutely NO. The SM-58 is a dynamic microphone.