sE Electronics
V7
Dynamic · Supercardioid · 40–19,000 Hz · a rider regular
- An aluminium voice coil rather than the usual copper — lighter, so the capsule follows transients a copper coil rounds off.
- The supercardioid pattern and the 300 Ω output make it a direct SM58 alternative that most engineers gain up about the same.
- sE sells the same capsule as a drop-in head for Shure and Sennheiser wireless handhelds, which is why it turns up on rider riders as a capsule swap.
Frequency response
Redrawn from sE Electronics’s published response graph (approximate, ±2 dB) on the fixed MicSense scale — 20 Hz–20 kHz, −20 to +15 dB — so two microphones can be compared at a glance. No image is copied; it is a guide to the shape, not a measurement. Drawn for: 60 cm (2 ft) solid curve; 5 cm / 15 cm dashed proximity curves not used. The maker’s graph (Frequency response image in the V7 product-page specs (https://imgcdn.seelectronics.com/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/g65XQ1NFDxpPR_G3NFTuoA/0f700081-a8ac-4da9-9bcb-cb43b3d6c300/w=750,h=723); identical graph in V7/V3 user manual p.4).
Polar pattern
Generated from the first-order directivity formula for supercardioid. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | sE Electronics |
|---|---|
| Model | V7 |
| Type | Dynamic |
| Form factor | Handheld |
| Polar pattern | Supercardioid |
| Frequency range | 40–19,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 2 mV/Pa · -54.0 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | — not published by the maker |
| Self-noise | — none (passive capsule) |
| Impedance | 300 Ω (electrical) |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | None (dynamic) |
| Weight | 305 g |
Specifications: sE Electronics specifications page · last checked 2 Oct 2026. These are the maker’s published figures for this model. A dash never means zero: “not published by the maker” means the maker’s documents give no figure; “not yet checked” means MicSense has not confirmed one yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.
MicSense notes
| Price tier | Mid |
|---|---|
| Introduced | — not recorded |
Price tier and “a rider regular” are MicSense’s own judgement, not the maker’s.
What it gets used for
- FOH vocal
- Monitor vocal
MicSense tags microphones by the job on a live stage, not by studio category — so you can filter for “kick in” or “monitor vocal” instead of working backwards from “large-diaphragm condenser”.
V7 alternatives: closest in published specs
Based on published specifications only — always listen at soundcheck. These are the microphones in the MicSense library whose datasheet figures sit closest to the sE Electronics V7’s for the same live job, with the reasons. It says nothing about how they sound.
Not compared for the sE Electronics V7: max SPL not published by the maker.
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Sennheiser
e 945
- Same job: FOH vocal, monitor vocal
- Same type: dynamic
- Same supercardioid pattern
- Same form: handheld
- Similar published response shape (≈ 1.1 dB apart on average, 100 Hz–10 kHz)
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
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Shure
Beta 58A
- Same job: FOH vocal, monitor vocal
- Same type: dynamic
- Same supercardioid pattern
- Same form: handheld
- Similar published response shape (≈ 0.9 dB apart on average, 100 Hz–10 kHz)
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
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Shure
SM58
- Same job: FOH vocal, monitor vocal
- Same type: dynamic
- Same form: handheld
- Similar published response shape (≈ 1.4 dB apart on average, 100 Hz–10 kHz)
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
- Cardioid instead of supercardioid — deepest rejection at 180°, not ±126°: check where the wedge sits
Compare it against the alternatives.
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