Shure Unidyme IV 548 (1970’s) – Vintage Dynamic Cardioid Microphone (Rare)

Description

This Cavetone sound is a 1970s, Shure 548, Unidyne IV. Aside from its beautiful high modernism design and brushed nickel exterior, it is the epitome of a sleeper microphone. It features a highly usable cardioid pattern that rejects unwanted sounds, has beautiful crispness in the top end, and a captures a good deal of body in the mids. It also plays well with most preamps and most sources. If we had to choose between a 548 and an SM57, we’d pick the 548 ninety percent of the time. We picked up this mic at a ham radio fest several years ago and it can be heard on multiple Cavetone releases including on the electric guitar tracks for Monte Carlos’ “Keep it to Your Self,” which appears on their self-titled 7 inch.