Sennheiser MKH 8040 Versatile Cardioid Microphone

Description

The Sennheiser MKH 8040 Versatile Cardioid Microphone is suitable for almost any application. It considerably reduces pick-up of a reverberant room. This is very helpful in rooms with poor acoustics or when disturbing sounds impinge mainly from the rear.

Features

• Cardioid pick-up pattern
• Modular design
• Wide frequency response 30 to 50.000 Hz
• Symmetrical transducer with 2 backplates providing extremly low distortion
• Extremly low inherent self-noise
• Accurate directional pattern
• Non reflective Nextel coating
• Ideal as a spot microphone and for surround recordings
• Also available in stereo pairs

Specifications

Pick-up pattern	Cardioid
Frequency response	35 Hz – 50 kHz
Sensitivity	−34 dBV/Pa (20 mV/Pa)
Max. sound pressure level	Max. sound pressure level
Equivalent noise level	13 dB(A) (DIN 651)22 dB (CCIR 268-3)
Power supply	48 V (P48) phantom powering
Current consumption	3.3 mA
Diameter	19mm
Length	41 mm (75 mm with MZX 8000)
Temperature range	−10 °C to +60 °C
Weight	0.06 lbs (25 g)

In The Box

• (1) Microphone head MKHC 8040
• (1) XLR module MZX 8000
• (1) Microphone clip MZQ 8000
• (1) Windshield MZW 8000
• (1) User manual
• (1) Aluminium transport case