Shure Nexadyne 8/S Microphone Black

Shure Nexadyne 8/S
A dream in terms of resolution and transmission of all subtleties! Where with my other microphones (Shure Beta57, 58, Sennheiser e935, sE electronics V7, Beyerdynamic M69) I heard a rich to clear "Wanntu, wanntu, Tscheck!", the Nexadyne also clearly delivers the inhalation before speaking. But not in a disturbing or unpleasant way, more along the lines of "Look how much detail you produce!" Use of the EQ? You can certainly do that, but you don't have to with my voice. In terms of handling noise, the Nexadyne is only slightly inferior to the V7 - although the Nexadyne is just as quiet, it is slightly higher in the spectrum and therefore still minimally audible even after using a LoCut. However, this should no longer be noticeable in the loud stage noise, as is the case with all the other test candidates.

With other Shure microphones, I always struggle with the midrange - both the SM57/58 and the Beta 57a/58a have this boost in the upper midrange at 2.5 kHz. This gives good punch, but at the expense of a slight character distortion of the voice. This may be intentional (the typical Shure sound), but it's not really my thing. Then there's the "other" Shure sound of Beta87, KSM9 or even the studio mic and bloggers' favorite, the SM7B - largely linear with a subtle treble boost, but somehow the mids come across as too defensive, as if someone had slightly lowered the mids across the board. Good for many female voices, certainly. But also a distortion of the vocal character, a certain loss of "body". And the Nexadyne doesn't do any of these things - yes, it has a boost in the upper mids and treble, but in between (cleverly in the feeback-prone area) it also has a cut back to "normal zero" so that it doesn't sound too aggressive. In any case, the mid-range sounds powerful and somehow "up front", but also neutral and by no means overdrawn. In other words, assertiveness through elegance, freshness and clarity, almost like a condenser microphone, but you don't have to pay for all that by losing the "physicality" of the voice - the Nexadyne is really my taste. Even with the plosives (in my comparison without LoCut, mind you), the mic is a little bit better than the rest.


My conclusion from the comparison
On the one hand, everything remains the same: All the old favorites continue to have their preferred areas of application.
But the Nexadyne will be my soloist microphone if I want to get really good and really transmit every subtle nuance that can be picked up with a dynamic microphone - because none of the others can compete in terms of clarity, distinctness and richness of detail. Of course, a good condenser microphone can do a bit more (the Shure KSM 11 would be the first choice), but if you want to make it dynamic, the Nexadyne 8 is a very, very hot candidate.