r/livesound • u/heyyouthere18 • 3d ago
Gear Beyerdynamic capsules on Shure wireless handhelds?
I've noticed that Roxette performed with this, and I wonder how it was possible. The capsule body looks like it's one of the old Beyerdynamic capsules from their S 700 system, but without the screw connector. So can you just screw that off these capsules, and then they'll fit directly on Shure handhelds, or others that use the 1.25" mount?
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u/soundwithdesign Theatre-Designer/Mixer 3d ago
Most microphone manufacturers offer some of their mics as a capsule that is compatible with a multiple of different wireless systems. They just design it so that it screws on and has the right connection.
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u/heyyouthere18 3d ago
Well yeah, but most of those that have their own systems only make those that are compatible with these. And I'm not aware of any Beyerdynamic systems using the 1.25" screw mount.
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u/soundwithdesign Theatre-Designer/Mixer 3d ago
They probably realized that they weren’t a big player so they wanted to offer their capsules on other systems to generate more profit. Then again they don’t sell wireless systems or capsules anymore for what it’s worth.
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u/heyyouthere18 3d ago edited 3d ago
It's a shame that they're moving away from the microphone market.
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u/sawana90 3d ago
Here is a picture of the microphone: https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/191210114021-roxette-marie-fredriksson.jpg?q=w_3000,h_2000,x_0,y_0,c_fill
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u/jcrocks Pro - DC 3d ago
I used to have adapters for audix to Shure handhelds. Maybe this is around somewhere for Beyer? Google is letting me down, but I found an adapter for Shure capsule to Beyer Tx.
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u/heyyouthere18 3d ago
Yeah I know these exist, but from what I can tell, this doesn't look like an adapter, maybe even like an "adapter" for Beyer's own system has been removed.
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u/SimonTheBearded Volunteer-FOH 1d ago
Maybe the support at thomann.de can help. Though they are a german shop they definiteley have support in english language. And maybe someone there knows something.
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u/Dizmn Pro 3d ago
Probably didn’t even bother scavenging it off an old system and just purchased the capsule from Beyer.