Shure Beta 52A 5-stars Reviews

Great Mic

Makes the drum kit sound excellent, perfect for the bass drum

Excellent for low frequencies and high SPLs

It is heavy and feels very solid (and worthy) in the hands due to its sturdy construction and mobile coil. The included support offers a wide angle of adjustments, very cool and useful. Handle with love, tighten properly and let it grab the long waves at any rate. I am using it for miking a didgeridoo with optimal results and looks damn cool in front of it. Pricey, but I won’t trust the cheapo-grande replicas for same performance as this is the original Shure quality. The provided bag is pretty but useless as it is not padded.

Great Kick Mic

If youre looking for a fantastic kick drum microphone, dont look any further. New design for the clip also is an improvement to the previous version of the 52

Exactly what I needed for bass drum

This is a standard in the industry. I have considered other makes and models in the similar price range, verdict: after countless audio sample comparisons, Shure Beta 52A won. I'm happy with the sound captured, the bass drum sounds awesome through this even without EQ. I use it on the outside or slightly inside of the port hole cutout. Sound is a personal preference, this one has done it for me.

Great job

All perfect quick and professional

Top bass drum mic.

A top affordable, industry standard bass drum mic. Good for any stage.

Legendary

Just a legendary mic.

Workhorse kick mic

Balanced sound that can be used and tweaked to fit all the genres, from jazz to extreme metal. Build quality is great as well. I also like that they changed the tightening screw from older versions, so now you can actually tighten it with your hand :D

Bass drum king

The king of bass drum mics. Extremely low frequencies . The built quality is unbelievable. Highly recommended

Awesome

Do you want to record your bass drum? Do you want to record a bass amp? Buy this microphone. Captures full, thick sounds without coloring them which lets you have a field day mixing later.

Excellent

This mic is must have for rock/metal kick recording

Amazing Microphone

This is my go to microphone for Kick Drums. I'm looking to pair it with a Beta 91A soon

Never let me down

I used this mic for years on different occasions. I could always get an usable sound no matter what kick drum is used. The only minor annoyance is the screw for the angle gets loose from time to time but nothing you can't fix in a minute Sound great, tailored for kicks, with a nice mid cut.

Great Mic

Working as a roadie (in high level events), you always see this mic in live or studio situations. No brainer for sure.

i like it

I like more oldschool sounding bass drums. Audix D6, i think is a great mic, but not for recording, it has too much eq, it makes every bassdrum sound good. I wanted more character in my bassdrum sound. So there were two mics that everyone recomended in my budget, AKG D112 and this Shure. Everywhere where i listened they sounded quite similar, but for my taste, Shure had a bit more bottom. I realy like it, and i have found that this mic sounds the best, when you put this mic outside of bass drum, right where the heads hole is. It the way how i have seen Benny Greb micking his bass drum, and some Kings of Leon records where recorded that way too. I like it!

The classic, can't go wrong

Classic kick drum mic. Has a bit difficulties with picking up click of the bass drum, but it blends in perfectly with a pressure zone microphone in the bass drum itself. Quality is top notch, but very heavy.

You can't go wrong with a classic.

The Beta52A is a classic for a reason. Countless records had it as a kick drum/floor tom mic with wonderful results. Add that to Shure's reliability and it's easy to see you can't go wrong with this mic.

Great solid sound for rock, pop and metal.

Workhorse

Most bands want this microphone in a bass drum rider. The microphone well conveys the body about 80 hertz as well as the attack of the drum the so-called silk.

a pro mic!!!

its industry standard pro mic for drums!!!!

Beta52

One of the standard kick drum microphones.