This was my very first profesional mic in my carrer. I honestly say that Shure was never let me down, with a little perspective and good ear you can make recordings to be fluid and crispy, i love this mic for snare drums, of course voice, or just for a fun ambiental mic. A little EQ (sometimes) and a good preamp and... you got a winner. I feel this mic is like a little teacher, just talk to him and he will give you an answer. i give it a nine cause i think there are better mics, that`s all.

Well, the roll off and pad are very precise, you can even see in your spectrometer the diference with and amazing control (sorry for the spelling)

Use your ears, the ease of use is within yourself i think

Ok, i got some troubles with the shockmount, it seems the screw that holds can be a little chessy (sorry but its true) More that one time i had to stop the recording because the shockmount didnt hold the mic.

For the price and the sound you can get i think honestly is a bargain

I didnt had to use it so far, but im shure they are all gentleman.

If i lost it im sure i would buy another one

Recording engineer, Producer

From jazz, to punk rock and even mariachis

I looked at a variety of higher end mics including the $700 KSM44. I'm sure the higher priced ones are better, but I certainly couldn't tell the difference. This KSM27, is absolutely breathtaking! I used it to record male and female voices, acoustic guitar, acoustic contra bass, saxophone, clarinet, and both wood and plastic recorders. The reproduction is spot on! Its accurate across the entire frequency spectrum, picking up the deep growl of the contra, the biting edge of the saxophone, and the smooth sweetness of the clarinet with equal accuracy! And the vocals were rich and detailed!

For the price, you couldn't ask for more. The locking shock mount makes it useable in any orientation. I didn't need the rolloff or pad switches, but they're nice to have.

If you're starting out setting up a studio and are on a budget, this baby performs with the best mics out there at half the price! You can't go wrong! Highly recommended.

Home Recording Studio

Acoustic folk

sounds awesome up close, i use it for hip hop vocals. put a little compression on it and sounds like the radio

great features what more could you want. has -10 db pad and 2 diffrent bass rolloffs, shockmount kinda cheesy though i broke all the bands they should have replacement bands w/ it

i dropped it down concrete steps onto pavement, still works!

like a 57 priceless

havent had a problem yet besides the bands but repaced them myself

mmm

Recording Engineer/Producer/Guitar/Vocals/Beat Making

Hard Rock/Hip-Hop/Heavy Metal/Alternative

night and day

This mic is well worth the money!!!

nice solid feel to it

Actice Musician, Recording Engineer

rock, blues

obviously aint no neumann. but either way the sound is good enough for anyone not running a top-notch professional studio

has roll-off and lo-freq cut switch. one polar pattern though, but thats okay..i paid $300...

shure quality control is very good in my experience.

depends on ur voice but generally at3035s and rode nt1000s have been getting better reviews in this price range. that doesnt make them better since its always a good idea to try different mics out before purchasing.

shure cs is prompt and informative in my experience

nice looking

active musician

hip hop

Fat, yet articulate. A little on the noisey side, but passable. Great for kick drum and vocals. Good for many acoustics and some guitar amps.

Adjustable polar patters would be nice, but what can you excpect for the price?

Quality Control seems good.

Great for the money, although the Rode NT-1000 might be a little lower in noise for the same price.

Chances are you'll never need support. I've dropped this mic a couple times. It's ridiculously solid.

Indie Rock nad Hip hop

Pretty good response, full sound. Not as warm as tubes but a pre will fix that.

Roll-offs and pads. Good shock mount. Loaded for the money.

Built like a tank. Sturdy constuction and a great shock mount that the mic actually stays in!!

For the features and sound it's A-1. And it's made in the USA!!

Never used.

rock, acoustic, folk

Accurate,Crisp Sound. Had a little bit of problems when i first recieved it, the vocals were coming out to low, even with my mixer cranked, so i put a pre amp on it, PERFECT!! I later read a couple reviews for it on google and only bad thing i saw about this mic was that even with phantom power, recordings come out a little bit low.

Unless you are a real traveler then there is no need to buy the alluminum case, the factory box is perfect, shockmount, velveteen mic case, stand adapter and great padding. Im going to get the case anyway because boxes only last for so long.

PLUG & PLAY!! (USE A PRE-AMP) OR YOU WILL HAVE TO NORMALIZE EVERY TRACK YOU RECORD!!

STURDY, RUBBER BAND FOR THE SHOCKMOUNT PROVES TO BE A LITTLE MORE DURABLE THEN THEN CONVENTIONAL ELASTIC BANDS!!

FOR THIS PRICE WHY NOT BUY TWO, THEY SOUND EVEN BETTER AS A STEREO PAIR.

I HAVENT HAD TO CONTACT THEM FOR THIS MIC YET(PROBABLY WONT HAVE TO), BUT I PURCHASED A WIRELESS MIC SYSTEM FOR MY CHURCH, AND IT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS, THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL.

IT DOES KINDA HAVE A DULL LOOK, BUT LOOKS DONT MAKE GREAT RECORDINGS!!

Producer, Artist

Hip Hop, R&B , Neo Soul

I've worked in radio for the past 8 years and have worked with many different microphones and I would have no problem putting this up against any mic I have used. We currently use the KSM 32 at the radio station I'm at, and I prefer my 27 hands down. I'm sure if you wanted to spend a couple grand on a mic you'd notice a difference (but if that was the case you wouldn't be looking at this mic).

Shock mount looks a little cheezy. So what? With roll off and 0 and -15db settings, what else do you want from a $300 mic?

Plug in an go.

It's been dropped once. No difference in performance.

For the money, you can't go wrong.

Haven't needed it.

great value for you $$. It's a smart buy.

The sound of the ksm27 is a very warm feeling ... the only thing rong with it it picks up every little noise in the background this is truley a stage mic i wouldnt recomend it for a home studio unless u have a great sound proof room... once u record with it u will understand why it should only be a on stage mic...

The Shockmount was very useless it broke on me the firstt month ihad it the bands jus sanpped and the mic fell then did not work which then i had to return it for a new one and get it fixed which the customer service at zzounds did a terrific job on helping get a new one quick easy and FREE jus how i like it.. when i got it it sounded jus as it did before...

It was very easy to use Theres A mic ... Cable ..Phantom Power... Computer what else is there to know....

As now ive been recording on many different types of mic i relized shure as a company does not have any really good mics they are too far behind in the microphone production... as we all know one of the more popular mics in the united states right now is the shure hand held ... but not much has changed since the original models came out ... only the look is different many of shure mics sound extremely similar in there characteristics which actually made me stop workin with shure for a while...

deffinatlly not worth the price.... no shure mic really is i found so many different mics with half the price of this mic and do exactly the same thing...YOUR BUYING THE NAME NOT THE MIC!!!! i found out the hard way from reading reviews on this "Great Mic"...

suppurt was easy and great all i did was ship the mic back to zzounds and they helped me and got my mic back in less then 2 weeks... pretty decent job i really was expecting for a while since it was round christmas time ...

It looks like a decent studio mic ... it would like greta if it had the macthing shock to go with the body of the mic.... Shocj wasnt sexy at all... was not impressed

Hobbyist/ Musicain/ Str8 Love To Make Music

versatile what ever comes to my head and i want to record

When SHURE designed this mic, they held absolutely nothing back. When EQ'd correctly this reliable peice of equiptment can record vocals, acoustic guitars, all amps, piano, and drums from jazz to heavy metal as good as or better than any recording mic out there! Not to mention the remarkable price in which they let these things go. if you want an excellent, diverse, and durable mic, this is the one you've been dreaming of. pick one up today!

Lets face it, this mic can do anything and everything. It has the ability to use either 0 db or -15 db recording which makes this mic that much more irresistable. This option gives you the ability to record anything at any level and still maintain a great sound without any sort cross distortion. It provides perfectly clear reproduction of every vocal or instrumentation with virtually no white noise!

Set it up, and plug it...its really that simple. It might take a few trys until you get the exact sound you want but once you get it, youll realize it was worth the toiling. by far one of the most diverse mics out there, and yet its incredible easy to use.

Extremely durable. this mic will last a lifetime if taken care of. dont be afraid to use this mic and carry it with you. its extremely rugged design can withstand the bumps and bruises that may destroy or damage other mics. When i bought this mic, it came in a soft velveteen lined pouch perfectly taylored to keep the mic protected. the quality of the mics construction is flawless, its as if it were hand crafted.

Excellent buy! You will not find any other mic like it in this price range!

Beautiful streamlined construction lets this SHURE mic shine in any studio.

Im using this mic for in-studio recording.. And overall it is great though you wanna make sure you have a pop guard just to get its best effect.

The sound this mic produces is nothing short of amazing...at any price. I bought two of these for a project involving a trio of b/u singers, doing a live track with the lead vocalist using a (Neumann)U87i. Having only two Nuemann's, and needing to mic the b/u in 2 track, I had to get a pair of mics. I figured, what the hell, it's for b/u, and the spec's are pretty flat, I'll try a pair, they're affordable. We'll, we forgot to use a gobo, and the b/u went into the lead tracks. Funny thing, though. After I listened to the b/u, I had the lead try out the Shure, in place of the U87i. Utterly indistinguishable from one another. I was expecting a night and day difference. Nope. Only that the U87i had a bit more warmth on the bottom end. (slight) That, and the difference in price (KSM-27 $300, U87i $2400) make this an astounding mic.