Sennheiser MKH 40 Cardioid Condenser Mic

The Sennheiser MKH 40 has a large number of applications, for example in remote recording, as a main microphone, especially in lightly reverberant or acoustically less perfect rooms, with instrumental groups or for speech applications.

Its wide-angled, neutral directional characteristics and high level of reverse attenuation ensure an exceptionally balanced sound. Reverse attenuation ensures maximum rejection of off-axis sound, providing exceptional control of ambience. The MKH40 features a low cut roll-off switch, minimizing rumble and noise. The pre-attenuation switch provides an additional 10dB of headroom, preventing distortion and overload caused by transient signals at close proximity.

Sennheiser MKH 40 main features:

• Maximum front-to-back ratio
• Exceptionally low inherent self-noise
• Symmetrical transducer technology ensures extremely low distortion
• Transformerless and fully floating balanced output
• Switchable roll-off filter to compensate for proximity effects at a distance of approx. 0.5 m
• Switchable pre- attenuation
• Black, anodised light metal body
• 1 x MZS 40 shock mount and 1 x MZW 41 windshield included with this microphone
• Frequency Response: 40 - 20000 Hz
• Sensitivity in free field, no load (1kHz): 25 (8) mV/Pa +- 1 dB
• Min. terminating impedance: 1000 Ohm
• Equivalent noise level: 12 (18) dB
• Equivalent noise level weighted as per CCIR 468-3: 21 (27) dB
• Max. SPL: 134 (142) dB at 1 kHz
• Power supply: Phantom 48 +- 4 V
• Current consumption: 2 mA
• Dimensions: d 25 x 153 mm
• Weight : ca. 100 g