PGA81

All's well with this condenser microphone. It has past the test for a good sound and sensitivity. I've used it on an audience for the first time on Christmas day and allowed another musician to use it also, so I was able to stand back and listen. I'm well pleased. It's a welcome addition to my limited but high quality sound system. (Classical Guitarist)

Es muy recomendable y graba con exelente calidad. Es una buena inversión para tu estudio casero. Graba muy bien hasta los instrumentos bajos.

Cumple su función. Está bien construido y buena relación calidad/precio

Ottimo microfono come da qualità Shure del resto, ottimo per la ripresa naturale degli strumenti acustici senza colorazione del suono e ottimo in ambienti critici di ripresa con alti volumi; eccellente anche in studio. Molto soddisfatto!!!

good price

I’m not a career sound person. I do videography part-time (nights/weekends). My points of reference are built-in camera mics; DLSR add-ons like Rode’s Pro (short shotgun) & Stereo Pro; and built-in mics on portable recorders, like Zoom H5 & H1. Compared to those, my Shure PGA81-XLR’s have been a step up. The balanced line XLR cables pick up less ambient RF noise, giving me less audio clean-up work in post, and better audio results for the clean-up that I still do. And the cardiod pick-up pattern helps reduce audience noise, and phase interference between mics used in xy pairs for stereo. These are built like little tanks. I’ve had them 2 years, and use them every shoot. Seem indestructible. They list at 40-20,000 Hz (I guess all the dogs & toddlers listening to my videos appreciate the 10k+ end; I can’t hear it). Since these have no built-in low-cut (a.k.a. high-pass), I use them in shock cages on mic stands and don’t handle them during recording. This works very well. (Tip: in floor-pounding environments like theater, I like to put the mic stands atop a hand-cut circle of Damplifier automobile sound dampening foam.) I’m not qualified to comment on the ear-love from these: how “warm” or “sizzly” or “present” or they are (“with hints of oak, hominy, and spent transmission fluid”). But I am very fussy about sound, and these have been my go-to mics for best capture. I’ve used them for 50-piece orchestra projects; the conductor said the recording “brought tears to his eyes.” (Yeah, yeah, I know: happy tears!) I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them, at least for anyone like me, looking to up their audio game from the non-XLR realm. But if your first use is run-and-gun video, then consider instead something like the Audio-Technica AT2022 or AT875R, since both are designed for DSLR-mounting. The 2022 is for low background noise settings and where stereo is important. The 875R is for high ambient/competing noise settings and where monaural sound is no big sacrifice.