I went through a couple boosters, nice tool, for money reasons I sold the Cloud but kept the CathederalPipes... I didnt hear any huge difference.
I just got a second KSM44 with aluminum case and shockmounts for $413, as I wanted to try a dual fig 8 test...never owned two fig 8...
so the SM7db cost is a bit much in comparison, if prices drop due to post Covid crash....SM7b will return to $250 range I will imagine.
Used price....SM7DB might take a long while...
The article I read last night interested me - why my SM7b is so different than the 44, and for my crappy acoustics an room the SM7b is always the "easy one" to use, and upclose, simple.... the super sensitive 44 is always more difficult, in my bad room the pad is always on...and its not just the Gain of the Booster or Preamp, ...
The first thing to clear up is that the sensitivity of a microphone is not adjustable. When you change the volume of the mic, you are not making changes to its sensitivity. Increase the volume, and the volume will, of course, go up, but the sensitivity of the mic stays exactly the same.
It will output a defined amount of signal when there is a certain Sound Pressure level.