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In Reply to: Is the mic an electret or a dynamic? posted by zipcord on September 03, 2003 at 15:54:41:
no, it's a SM58. Can phantom power really affect whether the mic can cause shock to the singer?
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was electricuted to death on stage, by his mic. I don't know if it was an electret or dynamic.
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Especially if the cable is mis-wired, or the mic is damaged.
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phantom puts a voltage into pins 2 and 3; if you have a mis-wired cord one of those voltage sources could end up in the mic body. Usually that would cause a lot of noise and probably fry the mic element as well but it's not impossible for a mic as pyhsically tough as a 58 to stand up to the voltage and serve as a veritable lightning rod as far as the vocalist is concerned.
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