Shure
PGA48
Dynamic · Cardioid · 70–15,000 Hz
Discontinued since 2 Oct 2026 — Shure no longer lists the PGA48 as a current product. The figures stay here for the units still in use.
- Starts at 70 Hz — a deliberate limit: nothing below a voice gets in.
- 600 Ω output, four times an SM58's: a long cable run into a cheap input loses more top than it would with a 150 Ω mic.
Frequency response
No response curve yet.
MicSense only draws a curve redrawn from a graph the manufacturer publishes — it never estimates one from the microphone’s class. No published graph has been redrawn for the PGA48 yet, so the numbers are in the spec table below.
Polar pattern
Generated from the first-order directivity formula for cardioid. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Shure |
|---|---|
| Model | PGA48 |
| Type | Dynamic |
| Form factor | Handheld |
| Polar pattern | Cardioid |
| Frequency range | 70–15,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 2.1 mV/Pa · -53.5 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | — not published by the maker |
| Self-noise | — none (passive capsule) |
| Impedance | 600 Ω (output) |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | None (dynamic) |
| Weight | 300 g |
| Status | Discontinued since 2 Oct 2026 |
Specifications: Shure datasheet · 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 | Budget |
|---|---|
| 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
- Lectern / podium
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”.
PGA48 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 Shure PGA48’s for the same live job, with the reasons. It says nothing about how they sound.
Not compared for the Shure PGA48: max SPL not published by the maker · response curve not redrawn yet.
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Sennheiser
e 835
- Same job: FOH vocal, lectern / podium
- Same type: dynamic
- Same cardioid pattern
- Same form: handheld
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
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Shure
SM58
- Same job: FOH vocal, lectern / podium
- Same type: dynamic
- Same cardioid pattern
- Same form: handheld
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
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Shure
PGA58
- Same job: FOH vocal, lectern / podium
- Same type: dynamic
- Same cardioid pattern
- Same form: handheld
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
Compare it against the alternatives.
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