Shure Nexadyne 8/C

Had not heard about the Shure Nexadyne microphone when I first saw the advert, I was intrigued, can you really improve on the long trusted and established Sm58 model? I had a couple of vouchers for Thomann gifted to me last Christmas so I thought I’d take a chance on it. Well I wasn’t disappointed!!! The Nexadyne has a slick black design, comes with a padded case and microphone stand fitting. It sounds great right out of the box with little or no eq’ing. The first night I used it I was very impressed but wasnt “Shure” (ba dum tisch) being so used to the Sm58a tonal qualities that I use regularly. The nexadyne has a brighter mid/high range sound and it doesn’t have as sensitive a proximity effect which I found off putting at first because I like the use the bass/boom with proximity effect while singing certain parts of songs but once I dialled in eq settings that suited my voice the Nexadyne just shone. It’s hard to describe, it just seems more like something you’d here at a big concert or on tv or in the studio, it cuts through but smoothly, leaving the vocal well placed and as a singer so much easier to hear yourself and then control your voice. I still love my Sm58 & 58a’s but the nexadyne is a fabulous mic and could well prove a contender against the Sm58’s… I definitely think so… Time will tell I suppose