Shure
Beta 53
Electret / lavalier · Omnidirectional · 20–20,000 Hz
- An omnidirectional headworn condenser rated to 150.5 dB SPL — headroom for the performer who is also the loudest thing in the room.
- Omni means the tone does not change as the head turns, which is the whole argument for it in musical theatre.
Frequency response
No response curve yet.
MicSense only draws a curve traced from a graph the manufacturer actually publishes — it never estimates one from the microphone’s class. Shure publishes figures for the Beta 53 but no response graph, so the numbers are in the spec table below and the chart stays empty.
Polar pattern
Generated from the first-order directivity formula for omnidirectional. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Shure |
|---|---|
| Model | Beta 53 |
| Type | Electret / lavalier |
| Form factor | Headset |
| Polar pattern | Omnidirectional |
| Frequency range | 20–20,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 3.16 mV/Pa · -54.0 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | 150.5 dB SPL |
| Self-noise | — |
| Impedance | 160 Ω (output) |
| Connector | TA4F (bodypack) via in-line preamp |
| Powering | phantom 11–52 V |
| Weight | — |
| Price tier | Pro |
| Introduced | — |
Every figure above is from Shure’s own published datasheet for this model — see the datasheet. A dash means the manufacturer does not publish that figure; it does not mean zero.
What it gets used for
- Theatre lav
- 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”.
Compare it against the alternatives.
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