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Shure introduces the Nexadyne™ Dynamic Vocal Microphone platform, aimed at the professional touring market and providing sound quality, ease of use, and confidence to both performers and engineers alike.This product line is made possible by the development of the patented Revonic™ Dual-Engine Transducer Technology, which uses two precisely-paired dynamic transducers to enable exceptional clarity and best-in-class unwanted noise reduction – more of what you want, less of what you don’t.

An Amateur Radio Station License granted by the United States Department of Commerce to Sidney N. Shure in 1913, when he was 11 years old. Amateur radio operators, known as “hams,” formed clubs, read hobby magazines, and exchanged cards that verified the contacts they made with their radios. In 1910, a popular magazine described the growth, popularity, and contributions of amateur radio: “Hundreds of schoolboys in every part of the country have taken to this most popular scientific fad and,… -more-

2024 is the 150th anniversary of the moving coil dynamic microphone. In January 1874, Ernst Werner Siemens, a citizen of Berlin, Germany, filed an application for a U.S. patent, entitled “Improvement in Magneto-Electric Apparatus.” This patent, No. 149,797, was granted April 14, 1874. Yes, this is the person who founded the Brobdingnagian company bearing his name – Siemens Global, an employer of over 320,000 people worldwide. Its 2023 revenues were nearly seventy-eight billion dollars. E.W. Siemens, 1885 Every Tech Tip… -more-

Sidney N. Shure believed the most important role of a manager was to manage people with fairness, honesty, and respect. After the Company moved to larger quarters suitable for manufacturing at 225 West Huron Street in Chicago in 1931, it established a parking lot a block away in 1943. At that time, few companies Invested in a separate parking lot because most employees traveled by streetcar or elevated train. In a memo issued when the lot was announced, Mr. Shure… -more-

Two of the most memorable ads in Shure history debuted in the 1990s – created by Jack Levy Associates, an advertising agency in Chicago. SM58 Legends In Rock – Stonehenge of England SM58 Legend In Rock – Hieroglyphs of Egypt In February 2024, my next-door neighbor, Matt, sent a text to me, “I recently found a mic in my basement. Had it for decades. You might want it for the Shure museum.” Matt and I have been neighbors for over… -more-

“We are concerned on a daily basis with making our Company a good place to work – where each person can feel a sense of participation and pride in being part of an organization of integrity and responsibility, an organization of people who respect each other and know that they are serving society by working together to produce the finest products of their kind.” -SN Shure 1970

Each month features an updated reprise of a Tech Tip from ten years ago because many past Tech Tips are well worth review. Also, some will benefit from updating. Enjoy the thirty-fourth monthly Tech Tip reprise. The dictionary defines “propagation” as the spreading of a transmission. A wireless mic transmitter emits a Radio Frequency (RF) wave and this wave spreads away from the transmitter, i.e., RF wave propagation. Water waves propagate. Drop a pebble in a quiet pond, and the… -more-

1. If a man thinks he’s going to tell me how to run my business-that’s just the man I want to talk to! He may have a good idea, and a manager should always have an open mind.
2. Enthusiasm is contagious and inspiring-stimulates high interest and extraordinary effort.
3. Everything the manager hears is true to a degree-and so is its opposite (to a degree). What degree? Finding the best answer to this question calls for wisdom and judgment.
4. Every job in

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Guest author Robin Magruder worked at Showco for 29 years, rising from Roadie to Executive VP/General Manager. Today, Robin is President and General Manager of Crossroads Audio, Dallas, Texas. Robin kindly offered his recollections of the Unidyne IV Model 548 and its use by Showco. “Showco started using the Model 548 microphone about 1970. I’m certain Showco was indeed Shure’s largest 548 customer – probably by far. I believe there were several reasons Showco chose the 548. It was rugged,… -more-

Originally posted October 2018, this updated Tech Tip #548 is reissued in homage of the Model 548. Let’s begin with a brief history of the Unidyne family: 1939: Shure Model 55 Unidyne I – world’s first unidirectional, single element, moving coil dynamic microphone. A revolutionary breakthrough in the science of electroacoustics. Earns a patent for Ben Bauer in 1941. Garners the IEEE Milestone Award in 2014. 1951: Shure Model 55S Unidyne II – advertised as “The Microphone That Needs No… -more-