How Good is a Fake Shure SM7B?

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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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@AudioHaze 2 года назад

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@NineOneSeven 2 года назад

I’ll give you $30 for the fake one!

@One3D Год назад

Making us watch the ad to judge the two mics is nothing short of genius. Kudos for this big brain, madlad move 👏

@kabutoFPS Год назад

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

@daviddunkin7454 3 месяца назад

Thank you for your honesty.

@bitemyshite 12 дней назад

got shit in your ears?

@danagrinberga3213 Год назад

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!

@danasdas6683 2 года назад

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.

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

Lol sorry to cause any alarm!

@davidhussey8730 2 года назад

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:)

@Vexies 2 года назад

@@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.

@Featherlightstudio 2 года назад

@@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.

@Podcastage 2 года назад

Build quality and, sound quality aside, no one should buy counterfeits because the company making them is breaking the law. Great video.

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

Absolutely true!

@thedome765 2 года назад

Y'all sleeping on the TLM 107

@sheeshert 2 года назад

Legality =/= quality

@anonymusum 2 года назад

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.

@hanglooserecluse 2 года назад

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.

@Mamiya645 2 года назад

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.

@Rompler_Rocco 2 года назад

I would have subscribed anyway! Awesome video. Glad the factory was decent enough to superimpose their watermark into the audio path 👍

@TheKleesh 2 года назад

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

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

HAHA well there ya go, all fakes sound the same I guess

@JohnScottB 2 года назад

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 :)

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

Haha yeah it was fun! Honestly I never expected it to be good, the buzz just made it all the more comedic lol

@iComplainer Год назад

still make it

@LeSaff Год назад

@@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 🤣🤣

@Chrisontt 2 года назад

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.

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

Entered!

@PacFu 2 года назад

as soon as the sound test happened, the mic 2 buzz came on and I audibly said, "AHHH! It's this one". Great video.

@toastbrot97 Год назад

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.

@anonymous_friend Год назад

Pros record it right the first time

@toastbrot97 Год назад

@@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.

@Phober Год назад

NSI waves plugin?

@kyngdavid7446 Год назад

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

@toastbrot97 Год назад

@@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.

@StirfriedGerman Год назад

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.

@_oe_o_e_ 2 года назад

“What if i told you this entire intro…” Yeah, i heard that buzz like right away

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

lol yeah its not subtle

@_oe_o_e_ 2 года назад

@@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?

@NotGenome 2 года назад

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!

@mphilp 2 года назад

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.

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

Noted! Glad I could help though :)

@alanderossi2816 Год назад

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?

@Lyander25 Год назад

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.

@gr8whitebffalogaming 2 года назад

Thank you! very informative. this video was just what I was looking for 👌🏼 you just got a new sub

@smartduck904 2 года назад

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

@smartduck904 2 года назад

Well that price is way too much never mind this is a rip off I was thinking more like $25

@bigcato5840 8 месяцев назад

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

@bigcato5840 8 месяцев назад

1 more, the package of additional stuff doesn't have any ziplock in it.

@gkgamer273b5 6 месяцев назад

Which Audiointerface do you recommend for the shure sm7b without having to use a cloudfilter

@saikousocial 2 года назад

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...

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

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 :/

@saikousocial 2 года назад

@@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

@PsychoBenches 2 года назад

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).

@PsychoBenches 2 года назад

It also sounds like shit still.

@hanspeter9007 2 года назад

@@PsychoBencheshow did you Check the sound of it? Did you hear the buzzing noise in your recording?

@PsychoBenches 2 года назад

@@hanspeter9007 Yep, loud buzzing noise and a hiss. They also spelled stuff wrong in the manual & the capsule is too close to the grill.

@PsychoBenches 2 года назад

@@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.

@foodstampz 5 месяцев назад

They probably scratch it on purpose

@russbinder4603 Год назад

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?

@bitemyshite 12 дней назад

Shure manufacture products in Mexico and China. The SM7b is made in mexico as far as I'm aware. Sometimes you see on the stickers "made in South Koerea" or something similar on the packaging and that's a red flag. Not everything from China is automatically bad or counterfit. It's a pool of cheap labour for the capitalists. The Chinese manufacture lots of western designed products to ISO standards.

@XtopherMartin Год назад

Is it possible to Frankenstein an SM57 internal with the SM7B fake to get it close to the real one? Or is there just too much inside that's not going to work?

@Vexies 2 года назад

I just noticed that the SM7B is in your favorite microphones list! Cool! I didn't think it would be.

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

I don't hate it! Everyone thinks I hate it!! Its just overhyped

@izzywalker471 Год назад

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.

@RichLeigh 2 года назад

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?!

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

Hahahahaha

@othinus Год назад

Props for the Yrash Taste Podcast screengrab. They're imho the most successful podcast on RU-vid today.

@OfficialAashishMaru Год назад

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

@AudioHaze Год назад

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.

@OfficialAashishMaru Год назад

@@AudioHaze Bro this epic! Thanks for sharing.

@FadelessBanjo 2 года назад

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??

@peshrawable Год назад

Iam in Iraq and i bought SM7b in local market and later I know it’s a counterfeit mic and not orignal. I don’t like the sound of it and I have an idea and I want to know your opinion Is it ok to buy Shure rpm 106 capsule and replace it ? Or just buying new mic

@DR19X Год назад

do you have a scale? if so would you be so kind and weigh the real mic with and without the screen?

@mr.tootsie9409 2 года назад

Is the sm7b now better in your mind than the re20?

@Nathankaye 2 года назад

It’d be Great to see you do a Shoot out between the SM7B microphone versus the universal audio SD1 mic

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

Hopefully at some point yes!

@petegaslondon Год назад

Just to be weird I actually LIKED it (before noticing the noise) - had a bit more bottom end depth (prox affect?) So I was convinced it was the real one - but bearing in mind I can get a COUPLE of SM57 for that money... Ethics aside if it were half the price I might have been tempted ;) That buzz is pick up from SOMEwhere! I figure they skimped on the hum-buck coil - and spent the money on fake packaging?)

@visray4424 2 года назад

Great video! Informative and entertaining!

@petrutlouis9643 Год назад

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.)

@theiammike123 2 года назад

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. 🙂

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

I know it’s completely unusable haha! I thought it would be better than it is, still bad, but not THIS bad lol

@FreakyChumy Год назад

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.

@isaaclenihan7366 2 года назад

Very interesting. Didn’t know these things were even of interest to counterfeit makers. I think it would be very interesting to take it apart and see what that buzzing is truly coming from 👀👀🤔

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

I would definitely say these would be high interest given the desirability of this mic at the moment!

@petegaslondon Год назад

No hum buck coil? Or a wrongly made one (wrong turns?)

@Botio 2 года назад

LOL my real sm7b has the buzz after 60db gain with mixpre 6 II .... how could I fix it?

@OskarSvan 2 года назад

ello! you often talk about the sm57 and how good it is and after watching you for a while I have come to trust your opinion. I was curious what you thought of the shure beta 57a? Would love your input

@urbnctrl 2 года назад

The shure beta 57a is a legendary mic. As you might know its the younger brother of the sm58 and sm57, you will get proper sound for vocals on it, get a plop filter with it and you're gonna be close to sm7b.

@SgtStevePH 2 года назад

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.

@RamenKing2023 6 месяцев назад

I just brought 2 in the Philippines and I see now they are fake.....

@jaylabeen 2 года назад

Wow idk why i never even thought of this being a problem 😂 this definitely was interesting and made me very curious as the SM7B is a microphone i always thought was so cool and the very smooth sound to it, i definitely cant afford it and wouldnt be buying it anytime soon maybe even possibly ever but do you know a safe way i can buy this mic one day while knowing 100% that it is real? I wouldn't want to risk buying a fake one

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

There are tons of more legitimate alternatives! The first that comes to mind is the MV7 :)

@jaylabeen 2 года назад

@@AudioHaze True! Thank you so much im definitely going to do more research and ill look into that mic!

@stadiosports8690 2 года назад

They made fake MV7 too

@BrodieDaVinciVlogs Год назад

I'm looking to do a similar video. I cannot find a link to purchase one of these. Where can I find one? I've done some digging and cannot locate one. please leave me a link!

@cupidfox9997 5 месяцев назад

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

@themartinhawkins 2 года назад

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? ;)

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

I’m so sorry :( next time haha

@danieltaberna Год назад

What if you get an original shure sm57/58 then add the capsule of it to the fake sm7b????

@MarceloLossMusic Год назад

microfones dinâmicos tem pouco ganho, sendo assim preciso colocar ganho na entrada da placa, sendo assim vai vir ruído, melhor solução é utilizar um ativado de microfone, um direct box resolve isso pra mics dinâmicos, pois ele tem chave de aterramento e melhora isso!

@smartduck904 2 года назад

Also needing a beast of a system to run it because you need a lot of gain to get any sound out of it

@mikhailanisimov61 Год назад

Nice review! Thanks. You could get rid of the that kinda buzz easily with Izotope rx.

@podermanifiesto18 7 месяцев назад

You think if I can get rid of the buzz I should be ok?

@mikhailanisimov61 7 месяцев назад

@@podermanifiesto18 Ok to what? To buy that clone? Dunno man, I’d rather buy some used akg/Shure/audix/ev there are plenty of choice in 20-50 microphones.

@hellopsp180 2 года назад

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

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

yeah its pretty brutal :/

@tboards71 Год назад

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! 😆

@Afanaseey 2 года назад

I got Oktava MD-305 recently, and it looks and sounds so different, i like it

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

Nice :) will check it out

@MichaelTimbangOfficial Год назад

Youre cleaver. Making us watch the sponsorship while listening to those mics. Bahah

@DivineMisterAdVentures 11 месяцев назад

Yesssssssssss. Yes. Which was the real me? THANKS A BUNCH! :)

@peshrawable Год назад

I bought Shure sm7b in local market of Iraq and now I know it’s fake and he didn’t accept returning it, I know there is capsule RPM 106 that i can change, but the switch part behind is still fake, my question for everyone is , if I buy the capsule and replace it my sound would be good or i need to change switch part too? Unfortunately i didn’t fine switch part anywhere on internet. Can anyone help me out?

@grapejam1735 Год назад

Hey man, I'm interested in getting that SM7B clone, don't know if it's still there

@TAGMedia7 Месяц назад

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.

@User-ik2kc 2 года назад

Weird how your real one doesn't have the R symbol on the back, while other real ones here in holland do have it!?

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

I didn't know that! I've never even heard of that before :)

@Lewtor7 2 года назад

Hi! Do they differ in weight?

@izzywalker471 Год назад

yes the counterfeits are lighter, the grilles are very poorly welded on as well.

@AG-le4ok 2 года назад

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

@petegaslondon Год назад

At HALF this price so would I But 160 180 odd? Nahhh If a nuked, busted SM7 came along though...?

@flexnix 4 месяца назад

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.

@mbhahn 2 года назад

I got tricked on the counterfeit in the video! I guessed 2 because it sounded deeper. Thanks for the safety tip!

@KleversonRoyther 2 года назад

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?

@_acecraft_mgl439 Год назад

AliExpress also has a mv7 and is it fake too??

@AudioHaze Год назад

lol yes I would probably assume so

@diamonddistrictstudios 2 года назад

What’s the name of the podcast and or episode clipped at 1:42 ?

@felixelton 2 года назад

I've see some talk shows here on RU-vid using a mic pointing to the mouth of the people talking but they had lavalier mics capturing the audio. Maybe this fake SM7B could be used this way. 😅

@Vexies 2 года назад

You should do a video on the MOTO m2 audio interface with the SM7B. I heard it can power the gain requirements of the SM7B

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

Definitely someday soon!

@spelunkerd 11 месяцев назад

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.

@AudioHaze 11 месяцев назад

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.

@Andybaby 2 года назад

So now what for ppl looking to buy a used SM7b online?

@marcoallevi9303 3 месяца назад

HI. You haven't said which clone have you used, i f AliExpress or what. Could you please reference he exact model used, if not violating anything ? Thanks :)

@filipealtamir 2 года назад

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.

@sunnysidesins Год назад

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.

@andrewcamagay6255 2 года назад

Man, as soon as you switched to the actual SM7B, my headache from the buzzy self noise of the counterfeit disappeared 😂😂😂

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

trust me....me too

@Morteexx 2 месяца назад

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 :)

@SidBar0ne Год назад

Please confirm.. so the one with the registered trade mark R on the rear is the fake, right?

@UEGIIVIRUSIIXO 2 года назад

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.

@demotoken Год назад

Hi, nice video, do anyone know if there's a fake Shure MV7? Thx 🤔

@TUTOSANDROIDtutorialesymas 2 года назад

The buzz had me in tears :'D, nice vid

@AudioHaze 2 года назад

Thank you my friend!

@ChristopherRunciman 6 месяцев назад

A good no bs approach! thankyou!

@JuninhoBrasil Год назад

'' Oh my god this is SOOOOOO MUCH BETTER '' @11:12 thats explans everything.....kkkkk

@DanBires 8 месяцев назад

You had me worried my sm7b was a fake. 😂 I checked it. All good 👍

@marcfervil8885 Год назад

Bro got the "Sure, SM7B?"

@maruxoxo Год назад

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

@PSwayBeats 5 месяцев назад

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

@reaper5242 9 месяцев назад

I like how obvious it was 2 was the fake

@theoriginalKland Год назад

Fake? Or just made by the same plant that makes SURE's mics.. without the crazy markup?

@philthyphil1017 Год назад

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.

@zdoomcentral Год назад

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.

@michaelmarcano9200 2 года назад

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.