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    SM57

    Dynamic Instrument Microphone

    SKU: SM57-LC

    Cardioid dynamic instrument microphone offers clean reproduction of amplified and acoustic instruments. Features...

    Shure Product Benefits

    More than able to reproduce tone, the SM57 is also uniquely designed to deal with high-pressure sound that explodes from instruments and amplifiers. So you can turn it up without distortion drowning out the show. Your music deserves all the loud it can get.

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