The Shure SM7dB is the first update to the brand's most iconic microphone in over two decades. Most of you will know the Shure SM7B by name, and if not, you'll have seen it in just about every professional-grade podcast video you've watched. This microphone might just be the most highly regarded one for content creators worldwide, and for good reason.
But how do you go about improving something that's so universally praised as the best microphone for streaming and gaming? Even in the wider microphone market, the SM7B is used by musicians, vocalists, radio hosts, and more. Well, the big draw with this new model is a built-in pre-amp, which provides a boost of up to 28dB of gain to optimize performance. This can be bypassed or personalized using new controls on the mic's bottom, but other than that, not a lot has changed here.
