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[Tom Young]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrQ3sA2pkyg&feature=related

Huh

[Marlow Wilson]

Is that an SM 53/54? 

It looks longer, like the SM59, but shaped like the 53/54.  I don't know why I can't help but play the guess the mic game, but someone here must know....

[Tim McCulloch]

Is that an SM 53/54? 

It looks longer, like the SM59, but shaped like the 53/54.  I don't know why I can't help but play the guess the mic game, but someone here must know....

Yep, looks like the SM53/54... or another similar model that was built for ENG/sports reporting.  It had a line-level output and was a wee bit bigger than the 53.. but I can't recall the model number off hand.

[Mac Kerr]

Is that an SM 53/54? 

It looks longer, like the SM59, but shaped like the 53/54.  I don't know why I can't help but play the guess the mic game, but someone here must know....

I'm pretty sure (Shure?) that's an SM54. The 53 had a smaller windscreen.

Mac

[Geoff Doane]

Yep, looks like the SM53/54... or another similar model that was built for ENG/sports reporting.  It had a line-level output and was a wee bit bigger than the 53.. but I can't recall the model number off hand.

The line level ENG mic was the SM82.

http://www.coutant.org/sm82/index.html
(Odd that they used an E-V clip for the photo)

I doubt they are usable these days, since they were powered by a mercury battery which I suspect is not available any longer.

The SM53/54 is dynamic, so wouldn't have that problem. 

GTD

[Lee Brenkman]

I'm pretty sure (Shure?) that's an SM54. The 53 had a smaller windscreen.

Mac

It's definitely an SM54 I'm looking at mine right now.  I think the way things are arranged in the picture just make the shaft part look longer than it actually is.

What I found most unusual and amusing was the black guy in the clip speaking Romanian.

[Daniel Postilnik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrQ3sA2pkyg&feature=related

Huh

What does the clip have to do with the poster? This was the most absurd thing I saw today.

[Lee Brenkman]

What does the clip have to do with the poster? This was the most absurd thing I saw today.

Actually I think the clip is a more recent segment from a Romanian sketch comedy show that may or may not be a reference to the film that the poster is for.   

The movie came out in 1980 and is apparently shown on the Romanian equivalent of PBS. 

This is a clip FROM the movie but I still can't figure out what it has to do with microphones OR the testing thereof.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFxD_Gbbxo4&feature=related

But then, I understand Romanian only slightly better than I understand some band's riders.

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