How Good is a Fake Shure SM7B?
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
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I have been waiting so long to make this review of the Shure SM7B and its fake....anyways, should you buy a counterfeit SM7B and save half the money you'd need to buy a real one? Well lets check it out and see if this incredibly hyped microphone has a clone worth the money :)
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I’ll give you $30 for the fake one!
Making us watch the ad to judge the two mics is nothing short of genius. Kudos for this big brain, madlad move 👏
“What if i told you this entire intro…”
Yeah, i heard that buzz like right away
lol yeah its not subtle
@@AudioHaze this was a good video, but it makes me want to see someone take apart and compare the components, but sacrificing an SM7B for that is a lot to ask for.
Unless Shure wants to?
Build quality and, sound quality aside, no one should buy counterfeits because the company making them is breaking the law. Great video.
Absolutely true!
Y'all sleeping on the TLM 107
Legality =/= quality
That goes for Behringer as well. A company that has stolen so many ideas and imitated so many products should not be on your shopping list. Plus: it´s an official Chinese company now and we all know what that means.
I think it should be that any company like Amazon and Ali Baba should be banned from advertising fakes coz most people wouldnt knowingly buy a fake.
Man, you had me second guessing myself there. I finally bought an SM7B last Black Friday on Amazon, and when you pulled out that fake box that looked real, I was getting my mic out and feeling and listening to it and everything. Mines real. I didn’t even get that great a black fri discount. And no buzz, just great sound, but I had to check again.
Lol sorry to cause any alarm!
Ok if your thinking about buying an SM7B from the Amazon site be very careful, I went ahead, made the purchase and was bitterly disappointed. I clicked and purchased from the main listing which turns out to be a third party seller. Luckily I already had a legitimate SM7B to compare the two when it arrived as I probably would have been none the wiser until it was to late due to it being a good forgery to the untrained eye.. I sent a list of all the anomalies backed up with photos to Amazon and they refunded me immediately however the seller in question is still listed and selling. The listing is at almost 7000 sold and 5 stars. Lord only knows how many unsuspecting victims have been duped and how many fakes are circulating.. For the record the anomalies with my fake were
1. It had a registered trademark symbol on the rear (I’ve noticed many with this on the second hand market) My legitimate mic does NOT have this.
2. The paint finish inside the thread that connects to the stand was poor and lacking black paint which shows raw aluminium.
3. The foam pop filter was longer than the original, of poorer quality and was too tight as it caught on the metal basket when sliding it on and off.
4. The filters/ waveguide selectors on the rear were very difficult (stiff) to engage and didn’t do anything when they were engaged.
5. The capsule was poorly suspended/isolated and was flopping around considerably.
6. The box had thin plastic film covering it which was the first giveaway as my legitimate mic never came with this. Upon opening the box there were quite a lot of cardboard fibres spread throughout whereas my og mic was immaculate throughout the box. Etc etc etc
From someone who has “been there done that” don’t try and save a couple of dollars buying what is potentially going to be a dodgey pos, head to your local music store and show your support, it will give you piece of mind, support local jobs and keep your music/audio store trading into the future:)
@@davidhussey8730 that's why you check to make sure it's shipped and sold by Amazon and doesn't say a third party. I confirm that before every purchase and haven't had a problem yet.
@@davidhussey8730 Many legitimate SM7b's sold throughout 2000-2009 had the rear trademark symbol on the back switch plate to the upper right of the SHURE logo to match branding from that retail era. They were also sold through Musicians Friend and Guitar Center, and others at the same time as "White Box" retail packages that didn't include the outer retail sleeve you see today but still had the identical styrofoam insides with the 'SHURE' stamped styrofoam inserts. There were also label changes over the years as well, the last one in 2021 that added the Russia, China RoHS UK Compliance symbols that added length to the overall label that can confuse people.
Thanks so much for making this video! I’m new to this, don’t know anything about mics, decided to launch a podcast and ordered the equipment. 2 mics from eBay both allegedly new. I immediately spotted tiny differences, first one being the R next to the Shure writing at the back of the mic. Then I saw the difference in mic cover material and cut shape. Yeah. Wish me luck in getting the fake one back to the owner!
Bought one in the end 130 pounds instead of 400, compared it with my girlfriends real one and they sound identical no buzzing or humming feel like you maybe deliberately added some to make it seem worse in real life it turns out to be almost identical to the original happy I saved 270 quid
Thank you for your honesty.
Do you have any links to that SM7B?
well damn
My fake sounds shit
Funny you compare it to a bad SM57/58, I ended up receiving a counterfeit SM57 when I ordered one on Amazon a few months ago, and the sound of the fake SM7B in this video sounds EXACTLY how the SM57 I received sounded
HAHA well there ya go, all fakes sound the same I guess
as soon as the sound test happened, the mic 2 buzz came on and I audibly said, "AHHH! It's this one". Great video.
Hot tip: If you wanna get rid of a permament hiss or a white noise of a fan or whatever, you can use the audioplugin ReaFIR, sample the noise, and than subtract it from the signal. It's not perfect, but it's better than trying to EQ it out, which will really just destroy the overall sound.
Pros record it right the first time
@@anonymous_friend what if the circumstances aren't available to get it just right, or if the equipment you have at hand doesn't quite cut it? It's always best to have a backup plan, even if you know what you're doing. And denoising a recording is always a useful tool to have, especially if working with clients or people thst don't have the expertiese and might provide sub par audio.
NSI waves plugin?
Also you can use GarageBand and the Noise Gate function it comes with if you have Mac it cuts the noise out for me completely
@@kyngdavid7446 Nois gates don't really cut out nois, they just mute the entire audio if the volume doesn't go over a certain threshold. But if you start talking the nois will come back. Noise gates can often be good enough, but not if the noise you wanna get rid of is too distracting.
You had me worried my sm7b was a fake. 😂 I checked it. All good 👍
Oh man, you beat me to it. I've been planning to make this video for a little while but luckily hadn't yet pulled the trigger on the Alibaba order. That mic sounds WAY worse than I expected. Presumably that buzz could be fixed but even without it, it's not close. Thanks for doing the comparison so I don't have to blow $200 :)
Haha yeah it was fun! Honestly I never expected it to be good, the buzz just made it all the more comedic lol
still make it
@@AudioHaze I don't agree, for a final sale price of $200 the Chinese can produce a good quality product. Don't forget that the originals are most certainly made there. Don't forget that they have very low manufacturing and labor costs and don't pay import taxes like the products you buy in your respective countries. In addition, don't lie to yourself, brands apply high margins (they have to pay for advertising, research & development, salaries...)
If it turns out, the copy you bought had a manufacturing defect! You should buy another one 🤣🤣
i have to check like 4 of theese vids to make sure mine is original,
here is what i found that easy to tell.
1. the capsule is around in the middle
2. the back logo is clear
3. the made in is not in reverse,
4. the seal before you open the box oftentime in 3 language jappanese, chinese, and german, the fake one in spain only
5. the plate cover in the back that you get additionaly in the box have silver mark on the hole not all black
6. the weight is around 830g, mine is 844g
7. the spinning thing for the stand connector is metal
8. the xlr connector should be easy to plug
9. the cable is firm & the thing that attached to the end cable should not be able to get off
10. well the sound should not be any hiss in it if phantom power is on.
thanks man
1 more, the package of additional stuff doesn't have any ziplock in it.
Aside from the horrendous buzz, the weird clicking sound, and falling apart during the recording of the video though... It could make for a decent paperweight, I guess?!
Hahahahaha
I got quite satisfied with an original non-bootleg mic from there, $20, golden grille and pink chassis, AA battery in the core for power, remarkably well-tuned for beatboxing with windscreen foam on top of it. A full on twenty. Serious weight, metal top and bottom, could use it in self defense.
You can get rid of any buzz by recording it (only the buzz) to a separate channel, reverse the phase and level up until it cancels itself out. You might have to time align. Not useful for this knockoff, but very handy for noisy guitar amps. In analog times where we didn't have the luxury of endless channels, we'd split the signal, compress the hell out of it (DBX 160A), phase reverse it and bring back in. Not perfect as the DAW solution but better than buzz.
Honestly, I would love to have it just to give it to one of my audio friends and see if they freak out. It also just seems fixable by just putting an sm57 capsule instead and keeping the asethetics of the microphone itself.
Entered!
I would be interested in getting that counterfeit SM7B. Would be interesting if I could transplant an XM8500 capsule in that SM7B body. probably would sound great!
Thanks for that video! And thanks for warning potential buyers on what they get, if they pay the money for this. Ugh... I don't want it! Not at all! But here you go! I support you with some more than usual, to at least partially compensate for the money you had to spend to do this. And I can imagine, how you feel, to want this microphone out of your house! But that being said, i don't think its a good idea to even consider giving this away. My god... with the buzz, a loose capsule and whatnot... I'm ready to believe, this microphone could be a hazard to your other equipment. This microphone is horrible! And the Booth Junkie back when did made it clear, what to do with counterfeits. Trash em. Throw them away! Tho the trashcan will be insulted, to house such a thing, it at least cannot complain.
As far as the explanation about the original SM7B itself goes, I'd like to suggest a few changes to the wording: Not the Same Capsule, but the same Capsule DESIGN can be found in the SM58 and SM57. It is an important differentiation to make, because that's parts why the SM7B sounds different to the latter two. Another part of it is the fact, that both, the SM58 and SM57 come with transformers, to make the those microphones a little bit easier to drive. (Output on the SM57 and SM58 is -56dBV, on the SM7B it's -59dBV) This transformer is another part of what makes the SM7B sound slightly different of the SM57 and SM58. The last thing would be the obvious thing one can see just by looking at the microphone. The SM7B has a much bigger - in lack of a better word, given there are the electronics inside of any microphone - bassreflex chamber, which makes it's bass response go farther down than the SM57 and SM58 ever could.
Strong feelings towards fakes! I tend to agree though, not to mention the breaking the law, human rights violations, and all the other nastiness that can come with this realm of manufacturing. Hopefully at the very least I dissuaded from the purchase of these in a somewhat entertaining manner. And thank you for the generous donation, you're too kind!
Great point and thank you for the clarification! Appreciate you dialing in the info on whatever I missed or glossed over in the videos :)
Great video!!! Now...how about changing the capsule and shielding? I know that we should get the real one and that the sound doesnt work good yadayadayada but why not trying to fix it and make it usable?
That humming can be easily fixed it's probably just because they don't have the cable properly insulated you need to pick up a ferrite choke that can help and I think there may be a ground Loop problem with this microphone easily fixable with small amount of EQ you should be able to get it the sound quite similar to the original the original does have a more warm open feeling in my opinion but there's ways to get around that all that aside this is a good little clone at least with body structure swap the capsule on it and it might just be usable
Well that price is way too much never mind this is a rip off I was thinking more like $25
I was tricked by a fake version of this microphone being sold as the original here in Brazil. Lucky for me, I noticed that the microphone wire came inside the holder and also the sticker on the box came badly cut and with a low resolution. The pop filter is also slightly lighter than the original. I returned it right away and got an actual original. A lay person will never notice the difference.
Thank you for making this video, I have a legit shure mic and on ebay I thought I was getting a good deal for this broken shure sm7b for $150. Everything looked good till i unscrewed the back found that 2 wires detached and I looked in my legit mic showed different color wires firmly soldered on and in different places
Props for the Yrash Taste Podcast screengrab. They're imho the most successful podcast on RUclips today.
Heh. The counterfeit lacks a llllot of high frequency detail that the original has. 😅 Even with noise gate on, its self noise is so apparent. 😅😅😅
No one has ever tackled on this SM7B counterfeit. Thank you so much for finally making this. 🙂
I know it’s completely unusable haha! I thought it would be better than it is, still bad, but not THIS bad lol
i guessed which one was the offbrand one from the test but not because of the buzz (which i missed lol) but because it sounded bassier to me, which i assume is because of the proximity thing you mentioned
Thank you SO much for this video, because I was just sent this counterfeit microphone I bought from a highly rated seller. It has the same exact scratch on it too from the one you got so it could even be the same one you were sent (if you returned it).
It also sounds like shit still.
@@PsychoBencheshow did you Check the sound of it? Did you hear the buzzing noise in your recording?
@@hanspeter9007 Yep, loud buzzing noise and a hiss. They also spelled stuff wrong in the manual & the capsule is too close to the grill.
@@hanspeter9007 I meant to buy a real one too but they tried to fool me with the counterfeit. I’m not even returning it so they don’t fool someone with it. I’m tossing it once I get my money back.
They probably scratch it on purpose
Youre cleaver. Making us watch the sponsorship while listening to those mics. Bahah
OH MY GAWD! YOU DID IT!
QUESTIONS ANSWERED!
Many of us have been discussing these counterfeit sm7b for over a year. Although we have made some crazy, "just have to know," purchases to share with the class, you went, where none of us were willing go (yet, haha).
For taking one for the team, you are fantastic bud. But now in hand, there are some real fun (maybe even productive) things you can do with it.
Please! Please! Please!
Do NOT give it to someone that will try to resell it as a "real" sm7b. Or to one that desires to sledgehammer it.
May this one go on to serve more lessons. And have a fruitful, honest, future. Maybe the start of a "personhood of the traveling fake sm7b?" Haha.
Truly! Thanks for this one.
Thanks! Yeah I wanted to satisfy my own curiosity too :) and definitely! I'll make sure they don't sell it :) glad I could help tho!
If you'd like to send a fake mic to Australia, I'm sure a use can be found for it :)
Nice reviews, comparions and content on the channel. Helpful for a new-to-audio guy like myself.
Noted! Glad I could help though :)
Hey mate, I know this comment is old but I live in Aus and think I just purchased a fake SM7B by accident. Are you still interested?
Yesssssssssss. Yes. Which was the real me?
THANKS A BUNCH! :)
just because of 13:07 the "fun fact" this video should get a way more likes than it got, this would probably save tons of people who subscribe for giveaways to not get spammed by channels
ALSO this video helped because I have opened a aliexpress SM7B microphone tab just out of curiosity searched for anything like your video just to convinve me to pay double to get the original one, you need to raise a little bit more money but seems def. worthier than taking the easy way to the cheap one, BRO there are out microphones that cost 40 USD /30 GBP that are a way more high quality than that alibaba microphone I don't see the point on trying to even think of the fake one as a option. Thank you for the video it deserves more appreciation. Also is there any possible way to find out where i can buy from a legit version of the microphone? ( I actually realised that a lot of them which i searched for are fakes, if any have UK shipping would be perfect, thanks in advance.)
The one big giveaway to the fake mic, is the Shure plate. The real mic doesn’t have that symbol R next to the Shure name like the fake one does. I’m shocked that the makers of the fake didn’t avoid this! 😆
You rock, thanks for this! You saved ppl time and frustration ❤❤❤
bro im ngl when i was listening to the history breakdown at the beginning i was like “bro this mans mic is noisy as HELL i hope hes talking on the fake one” 💀 you almost had me there
I like how people are saying counterfeit lol Shure does not make any of the components they don't even assemble those parts here in the USA. Basically what you want is the internals of the SM7B without all the name crap on it. There is nothing illegal about selling the SM7B with the exact internals but without any Shure logos or names on them Mic. Again I repeat this will make the Mic as a non branded item which copy right laws have trouble going against. The real question is what is the OEM cost of the SM7B? Yes it's downright criminal. Look at the OEM of a Red Dragon Camera and you will ask why the people at RED have not been arrested for RICO laws lol.
On phone speakers it is the same sound.
Only noticed the hiss or buzz when you mentioned it :) cannot unhear it once you pointed it out
yeah its pretty brutal :/
I like how obvious it was 2 was the fake
That blind test was hardly necessary given how different they sound but honestly I wouldn't be at all mad if more reviews had blind tests in ads cuz that's just genius. I have seen a couple of your vids with the SM7b before so immediately thought something was off in the intro, but then again when you're deep in the audio rabbit hole nitpicking becomes a character trait.
I just noticed that the SM7B is in your favorite microphones list! Cool! I didn't think it would be.
I don't hate it! Everyone thinks I hate it!! Its just overhyped
LOL, I turned up the volume before the blind test to make sure I could tell the difference!
A lot of the cheap SM7b's on ebay right now are counterfeit. Just received one today, very poor build quality but the look and shrink wrapped plastic and box were so close to the legit thing that you couldn't tell without opening, and handling the mic. metal grill busted right off when I pulled off the filter, two welds were crap. Same color differences, they are now making the external cable slightly closer to the original but still thinner. The weight difference if you have ever held the real thing is also a give away. Look for the stated telltale loose swivel adjustor and tighter than real mic stand mount.
sup dude! I'm disappointed i got this wrong on your instagram story lol they look so similar!
Right??? In sight alone trust me
Fake? Or just made by the same plant that makes SURE's mics.. without the crazy markup?
6:34 - Foam Filter - Taller and different shape
6:52 - Cable - Thinner
7:10 - Yoke Hinge - Swings too easily
7:38 - Screw Cap - Made out of plastic
8:17 - The capsule on the mic sits higher, thus closer to the windscreen grill.
Another difference with the fake are the small rubber grommets on the wire. The fake's grommet stick out further. The real SM7B are more flat looking.
I died when the Alibaba mic capsule skaked and fall off
I KNOW RIGHT, mid filming lol
maybe thats what caused the buzz
@@purpleheart69420 Nah it was buzzing way before that. First test it buzzed. It didn't start shaking until I filmed, which was a few days later
Oh, I have a use for it... throw a 60 hz square wave back through the XLR at around, oh... let's say 5 amps... and watch the capsule launch itself up to the ceiling! 😂
Entered into the raffle!
Oh boy I'm not entirely sure if I wanna win this, not sure how I could use it, but if it comes my way I guess I'll have to find out??? Just wanted to comment cuz this was a fun vid. I couldn't put my finger on the counterfeit one's buzz (though I did easily find out which one was which just cuz I think I've heard enough of the real SM7B to know how it sounds), but was it me or it sounded a bit more compressed?
Counterfeit mics are a huge problem here in Asia, especially the big brand ones like Shure and Neumann (hell, my cousin bought a fake Neumann U87 AI lmao). That's why it's a lot better to read everything before buying, otherwise you'll basically get scammed.
I just brought 2 in the Philippines and I see now they are fake.....
This was a pretty humbling test of my declining hearing, and maybe some background noise in the home. With my tinnitus I cannot hear the background buzz you guys are talking about.
Man I feel you...its a lot. I had a pretty big scare a few weeks back, really shook my whole world up. Now every device I own has a volume cap at 85dB.
I would have subscribed anyway! Awesome video. Glad the factory was decent enough to superimpose their watermark into the audio path 👍
Bro what application or software are you using to record this video , like how you connected this mic with your camera? i am struggling with this
Ah! I use premiere for video and Ableton for audio. Basically I just clap when I'm recording audio in ableton and on camera, and align that spike in the audio waveform so they sync up in Premiere. So: drag camera video and audio into premiere, export microphone audio for my audio software, sync them according to the audio waveform on the camera audio and mic audio.
@@AudioHaze Bro this epic! Thanks for sharing.
Wow first i thought…did i buy a fake uSed SM7B… until i heard the recording A/B test,,, i was relieved 😂
Hahahaha yeah no it gets obvious when you hear it :)
@@AudioHaze also i want the fake sm7b!! Just to hang it as a trophy that you had it 😁😁😁
Man, as soon as you switched to the actual SM7B, my headache from the buzzy self noise of the counterfeit disappeared 😂😂😂
trust me....me too
I just got swindled by a seller on Facebook Marketplace selling a counterfeit SM7B. $160 hard-earned down the drain. I'm heartbroken.. I've wanted one of these for ages. I guess I'll have to wait a bit longer.
Had the exact same thing happen to me, capsule fell out and everything. Oooof lesson learned. Hope ebay gets my money back haha.
Also needing a beast of a system to run it because you need a lot of gain to get any sound out of it
You can always use the fake casing and put all inside from a real SM58 and you will have really close sound to the shure sm7b.
I could never tell difference between them ithink, would be fun to see aswell.
I had sm7b, now i have Rødepod mic with rødecaster duo :)
Heads up to anyone wanting a real sm7b without the anxiety of a possible counterfeit ordering online. See if you have a guitar center nearby. May even be worth a small road trip. And they're great about warranties and carry the cloud lifter. I scuffed mine by accident, pets, and they were really cool about swapping it out for a new one. And no im not sponsored just wanted to share this for anyone who wants a real one and forgot about GC.
Id also recommend sweetwater. They have a very good reputation and do not allow 3rd party sellers. They are the #1 online music equipment store for a reason. No issues with getting a counterfeit there.
Thank you! very informative. this video was just what I was looking for 👌🏼 you just got a new sub
'' Oh my god this is SOOOOOO MUCH BETTER '' @11:12 thats explans everything.....kkkkk
The counterfeit Shure's almost definitely come out of the same factory, that's why all the packaging is the same. My best guess is that they are the models rejected by QA, end up getting packaged and sold on Chinese websites anyway.
It’d be Great to see you do a Shoot out between the SM7B microphone versus the universal audio SD1 mic
Hopefully at some point yes!
I want a Shure smb7 from you... I mean the fake one just to flex on my friends because they say I'm broke but I'm not it would be so fun
Weird how your real one doesn't have the R symbol on the back, while other real ones here in holland do have it!?
I didn't know that! I've never even heard of that before :)
Thank you, good to have this on video for people to compare against. You seem to have forgotten the affiliate link to the Alibaba mic? ;)
I’m so sorry :( next time haha
Bro got the "Sure, SM7B?"
Oh, I could tell the instant you switched to Microphone 2 in the blind test!
Haha yeah it’s not subtle
Just paused the video mic one sound kind of hollow while mic 2 have a substance and clarity to it mic 2 is the real deal.
I hope I'm right.
edit
ohh.. noo haha..
have to re lisning with headphones, at the moment I'm watching at the TV.. My TV seams to remove noise and the buzz..
Paused the video after the ad, I want to call it before I finish. Mic 2 is the fake
It’s funny because someone sold me a genuine SM7B on Facebook marketplace for $170. They were probably looking at all the counterfeit eBay listings and thought that it now goes for that value. I initially thought it was a fake but opened it up and it had genuine wiring and tolerances. Funny how this all works 😂
Hit the jackpot
also i noticed the real sm7b mics dont have the copyright logo on the bottom but the fake sm7bs do
I got Oktava MD-305 recently, and it looks and sounds so different, i like it
Nice :) will check it out
I bought one recently as I was curious but made the mistake of not watching any reviews. Checking the capsule on mine it is recessed the same as the original in your video and the cable doesn't go through the cradle connection. Funnily enough I just noticed at 5:20 you labeled the fake one as real as you can see the cable going through it rather than around it. I don't have an original to compare to but its safe to say that the fakes are not all consistent in quality. To me it doesn't have that hiss or sound overly bad but I would be curious to compare mine to a real one. Maybe they have improved the quality of the fakes or you just got an especially bad one.
Hello everyone, in "5:22", the microphone on the left where you write real is fake, the microphone on the right that you write fake is real. It is evident from the lines of the logo and microphone. I think it will be harder for many users to distinguish now.
So who won the mic? Can it be me!?!?! Lol
I don't know why but heck, i'll put myself down for the fake....maybe I can leave it out as a talking piece and have people think I'm starting off a podcast! lol. At least it looks very similar and maybe it will give me the motivation to start some of the creative content I've been looking to do.
I think you should have compared the two. Nobody compares them side by side, and I wonder why?
For me it sounds like a ground loop problem within the "FAKE Shere SM7B" i'm sure it could be fixed taking it apart, and adding some kind of a ground loop isolator. If the "FAKE Shere SM7B" was $85 yeah yeah go for and try and fix it, if you know how to. But for $185 it's a no go
Mic 2 has a buzzing I hope that's the fake making that noise 😂( commented during ad read)
The buzz noise is due to the phantom power. I have 3 fake SMB7 (:-() but they sound identical to the real one. I was scammed, i tested them and im ok with them for now. Not entirely happy about it, but its life.
Thank you for your honesty
I'll take that mic from you thank you so much. It will be my "in camera mic" while I record with another one outside the frame
You have been entered into the raffle good sir!
i got a se electroics v2 and used eq for it, and it sound amazin. yes i know it dosent look good and also have bad handeling. in use for a streaming mic it sound great and using a mic stand that is not connectet to my desk makes it perfect for me and also it's cheap. and i am considering doing the sm7b 3d print body, for dynamics and then use my v2, so it looks cooler
I bought a fake one believing it was genuine off of ebay. Luckily I'll get a full refund for it. Another telltale sign is that the cord on the sm7b itself (not the xlr cable), will fall out on some of the fakes as was the case with mine. This should never happen with a genuine sm7b - especially not during the "unboxing" as mine did.
I have a feeling that it was already loose and shaking around in there when you recorded it that's why all that static was in there
Your reviews are most always quite entertaining, and I think your knowledge of the items you review is well above average! Now, let me send you a photo of two Martin guitars and you tell me which one is the fake! 😎🎸😎
Honestly I’m down for the challenge 😎
You should take it apart and tighten up them screws wnd maybe take a part of your actual shure and the fake one and see the difference in the electronics if you're confident enough to do that it's a little bit of a risk but I've done it on all my Mic and I haven't broken any of them
Honestly, I was wrong in the blind test, because I thought Number 2 was the real one since it has a much cleaner base(low frequency) ...lol. I don't mind the buzz you are saying because I couldn't hear it on your video.
Hey! I noticed that you linked to a certain seller for the Shure SM7B in the description, was just wondering if this is the same seller you brought the real Shure SM7B from??
I'd like to mod that microphone, replace the capsule, and maybe other electronics inside, to learn and practice without ruining a good, more expensive mic and see how much of it can be changed and if it would make it more usable
At HALF this price so would I
But 160 180 odd? Nahhh
If a nuked, busted SM7 came along though...?
Oh wow the noise in the beginning of this. Surely it must be the fake one? :D
Edit: No, wait... Are you alternating between the two?
Edit 2: Oh wow... 🤣 What a comparison!
Why did i just have to find out that there is a SM7B the day i bought one from a second hand store in Australia. It will arrive in 10 days from the other side of Australia , i hope that its not a fake one. I paid $400 Australian. They are $650 new here in Australia
Put my name in the hat too!! i have a lot of room for this microphone
Thank you for the information. I've shared your video link with people selling SM7Bs on ebay, and quite a few went silent or told me not to bid on the unit. I have a couple of the fakes, and the items you bring up are all there. My new rule - nothing from China. Is there a sure fire way to tell from the box or the stickers on the end?
Which Audiointerface do you recommend for the shure sm7b without having to use a cloudfilter
I got tricked on the counterfeit in the video! I guessed 2 because it sounded deeper. Thanks for the safety tip!
Funny enough, no real Radio Station uses SM7B. At least I don't know any.
5:19 i like hoe he mixed up the real and fake in this clip, the so called "real", the wire is going under the shock mount which is is a sign of a fake
Hey Haze, I'm assuming you still have your Shure SM57.
That buzz that this fake SM7b has, is it present at all times, no matter where you place it? Because my SM57 has a buzz somewhat similar to that one (albeit much more quiet and less noticeable.) that is as a result of how close I have it to my PC. It picks up what I assume is EMI from it and causes that buzzing sound.
Could you test with your SM57 to see if you also get that sort of buzzing when you point it at something like a desktop PC? Wondering if I got a fake one or a dud despite having purchased it at full price...
It’s definitely there 100% of the time! It’s not an RF noise issue, I’m not even sure it’s a self noise, too loud for that. I think it’s a grounding problem. Regardless, whatever I’m plugged into it’s that loud :/
@@AudioHaze Ah, I see. Well, that's a shame for the fake SM7b. Hopefully someone gets it and props it up as a nice talking piece, haha.
With my SM57, all the buzzing goes away once I point it away from my PC and accessories like the keyboard, mouse, etc. Which I'm assuming is normal behavior.
I've even got a Mogami XLR cable to hopefully help with it, but the noise is still there if I get it near enough to the PC xD
Wow a video that tackles the fake sm7b haha How much is it compared to the original? Because here in the Philippines I'm seeing an sm7b listing that's priced half to just a third of the original (it's from china so for sure it is fake haha)
Edit: Ohh nvm it's here 5:52 I haven't yet finished the video when I did this comment haha
Haha yeah it’s cheap but honestly not THAT cheap