Has anyone done a comparison between the RODE M1 and the Shure SM58?

Yo, broke student soundie here! At the moment, i'm Micing a snare drum with an old Shure 515SD and an SM58 with no grille (I have SM58s coming out of my ears, bought a job lot about a year back!) As you can imagine, this isn't ideal, for aesthetics, or if the drummer decides to whack it!

Basically, I have a Shure SM58 attached to a home-made XLR-->1/4 Adapter-->1/8 Jack going into a SB Audigy (yes, the card sucks, I know)... The recordings sound clear and crisp (when I boost the recording a whole 60%) but then you get audible noise/static when the backing track is muted...

Hi again!

I've got a pair of ESI nEar 05 eXperience monitors for Christmas - they sounded great compared to others in the shop! I have my Line 6 POD Studio UX1 which, thanks to this forum, was a great buy!

I record a small group live in my basement and use a Shure sm58 for lead vocals. I've noticed that it's not nearly as "loud" as other dynamics I use...meaning, I have to turn the gain and trim up (and then get clipping when things rock) to get it to come through near 0.

Recording a band live to stereo in a basement. After putting together all our mics, and Micing everything (DI for bass and keys) except for two overheads for drums and two guitar cabs, we are left with a pair of SM57's and a pair of SM58's.

Hey,
I am recording stereo acoustic guitar. The only mics I have are a Shure SM57 and a Shure SM58 - so I'm using 1 near the 12th fret and 1 near the bridge.

Nowadays I will buy a SM57 or SM58. But I am really stuck which one to buy...

If any one has these would you mind posting a sample of your best vocals taken from it? I want to hear what i should be capable of. i cant decide if my singer just blows or if i could step up to a better mic

I apologize if this has been discussed before. I'm wondering when it would be more practical to use a beta58 or 57 as opposed to an SM58? I'm thinking of purchasing one and using it on my snare top. I've got a couple SM58s and 57s already; should I save my money?
Thanks