Past, Present, Beyond
With a history of innovation that began in 1925, Shure has turned a passion for making great microphones and audio electronics into an obsession. Shure continues to set the worldwide industry standard for superior, reliable products.
Shure History
1925
Shure Radio Company is founded on April 25 by S. N. Shure as a one-man company selling AM radio kits and components. Mr. Shure’s office is located at 19 South Wells Street in downtown Chicago.
1926
Shure publishes its first direct mail catalog.
1928
Shure grows and prospers. S. N. Shure’s brother, Samuel J. Shure, joins the company. Shure Radio Company becomes Shure Brothers Company, moving to larger quarters at 335 West Madison Street in Chicago.
1929
The Great Depression grips the United States. The market for radio kits declines as factory-built radio sets become widely available. Shure becomes the exclusive distributor for Ellis Electrical Laboratories, a microphone manufacturer.
1931
Shure begins developing its first microphone, a carbon unit.
1932
Shure becomes one of only a few U. S. microphone manufacturers, with the introduction of the Model 33N Two-Button Carbon Microphone. It is a lightweight, reasonably priced product in a market then dominated by heavy and more costly units.
1933
Model 42 is Shure’s first condenser microphone. The Model 99 Modulator is Shure’s first wireless product.
1935
The Model 70 series are Shure’s first crystal microphones.
1936
First patent is received for a stylish and practical suspension support system for microphones.
1939
Model 55 Unidyne® Microphone is the world’s first single-element unidirectional dynamic microphone. Its performance qualities and distinctive styling ultimately make it the most recognized microphone in the world. Notably, the single-element design makes microphones smaller, less expensive, and, therefore, more accessible to all. Shure also introduces its first ribbon microphone, the Model 50.
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