Shure manufactures a wide variety of microphones and audio electronics.

Shure Incorporated began modestly and quietly in 1925, when S.N. Shure began distributing radio parts for home set builders. Mr. Shure soon took the extra step of publishing a parts catalog. The company then began receiving orders from around the world -- an early indication of the global company Shure would become.

Shortly thereafter, two factors sent Shure in a new direction: the Great Depression in the U.S.; and a market change from home-built to factory-built radios. During those difficult years, Shure turned to manufacturing instead of distribution and began producing microphones.

With the first product manufactured in 1932, Shure again took an extra step: the 2-button carbon microphone represented an important design innovation. From that point on, Shure consistently set industry standards with condenser and crystal microphones, as well as the Unidyne dynamic. As the first single-element, unidirectional microphone, the Unidyne helped make Shure a leader in the microphone business, worldwide.

Users:

Shure products are used wherever audio performance is a top priority: in a variety of industries, markets, and settings; by professional and amateur users alike.

Sound contractors specify Shure products for use in churches, theaters, conference rooms, and nightclubs - anywhere there's a need for high quality, trouble-free sound reinforcement system at a reasonable cost. For this market, microphones, mixers, wireless systems, digital signal processors and other products have been designed to be affordable, easy to use, and long lasting.

Link to Shure's Contractor' s Corner at:  http://www.shure.com/cc/default.asp

The broadcast industry relies on Shure microphones and mixers, because dependability is critical. Whether in the field or in the studio, for breaking news or a planned event, Shure products are there, performing as promised.

Shure is also meeting the needs of the land mobile communications market. For people in emergency response, service, or dispatch situations, Shure products provide the reliability and ruggedness to get the job done without fail.

The education world relies on Shure as well. Through microphones and automatic gated mixers, the emerging field of Distance Learning creates classroom without boundaries.

In the entertainment industry, Shure products serve the most demanding customers. Performers and touring sound engineers need not only quality but durability as well to withstand the rigors and abuses of the road. The SM57 and SM58 Microphones first developed in 1965 set the standard for live performance applications. Even today, the latest versions of these models are still the best selling microphones in the world.

The Key Features:

• Shure continues to develop products to meet the changing needs of this industry
  
• Beta microphones, which set a new standard in uniformity of polar response to reduce feedback
  
• The Shure UHF wireless system, praised for its exceptional sound quality and reliability
  
• PSM®600 Personal Stereo Monitors, an instant industry standard for in-ear monitor systems
  
• Digital Signal Processing (DSP) products that solve audio problems via PC control
  

Why purchase this Brand:

Shure customers can count on:

• Timely responses to questions or problems
  
• Continuous improvement in products
  
• Advice and instructions on product use and installation
  
• A relationship based on service, honesty, and integrity