Shure SM58 - The worlds toughest microphone? See the video!

[Majken]

Actually that doesn't totally convince me. Okay, it might be due to the fact that your report (if I could have found it) is in Swedish, but a couple of things are kinda left out.

Well you're kind of right, the video complements an article in the magazine which in detail explains the tests we did.

For example... after you drowned the mics in water and beer. Did you let the mics dry up or just record straight after you put it out of it's wet misery? Same with the freezing... you see that you put it into the freezer, but you touch it as if there was nothing happening (also 1 hour is a bit short for such tests), and... did you let the mic heat up and dry out again or not?

With the beer and the water we let it dry up overnight hanging upside down, with the freezer we took it to the studio as quick as possible to record and see if there are any differences to the sound.

It's understandable what happens with the mic used as hammer, crushed by a car, etc. But what's not understandable at this point... you wrote in the video "the sound changed slightly", but with all tests after that, nothing.

There actually are a bunch of wavefiles to go with the video, I'll link them when they're up.

What about the microwave? Usually you'd see sparkles and you'd fry the membrane. Shouldn't there be a sounddifference, too?

Actually, the microwaving didn't seem to do a thing. I was also expecting sparks but it just didn't happen. We both tried it with and without the pizza without any different results. Nothing happens, it just sits there getting blasted by microwaves doing nothing while still working just as well as before.

Mythbusters all right, but like with the real show, it shows something, but it's only half-baked and based on those results, a certain myth is either confirmed, or busted. Sorry to be picky about that, but if you want to put emphasis on your tests, then you have to present a little bit more.

Well in all honesty the test is only meant to be semi scientific. It's mostly just for fun and we felt it was something fun and different to do instead of just the usual reviews and articles

[realisation]

Yes, but will it blend?

http://www.willitblend.com/

[Majken]

You know, if there's one thing that will f**k that blender up it's a Shure SM58

[Braindrop]

Heh. I have three 58s that I've had since the early 80s. They have been through hell and back, and still sound just as good (for some value of good) as they ever did. They aren't my mic of choice when recording, but when my wife needs mics for her high school students to use, she takes those without worrying that we'll have to get divorced if they get dropped

[Unkie Al]

The ElectroVoice 635 is toughest by far. Some years back, WBOS-FM put one inside their retired remote van with a cable attached to it, then hoisted and dropped the whole damn issue 100 feet to the ground from a crane. Listeners heard the ka-boom over the air, and the mic survived.

News reporters use them to club their way out of tough situations. Every audio dude I know in the Washington DC area keeps one in the bag when the other gear craps out.

Just my 1/50th of a dollar.