Sennheiser : MKH 8040
Description
The Sennheiser cardioid MKH-8040 is suitable for almost any application. The MKH8040 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
| Audio output | XLR-3M balanced, transformerless, floating |
| Current consumption | 3.3 mA |
| Dimensions | Diameter 0.7 in. (19 mm), length 1.6 in. (41 mm) (2.9 in./74 mm including XLR module) |
| Equivalent noise level | 13 dB |
| Equivalent noise level | 22 dB |
| Frequency response | 30 - 50,000 Hz |
| Max. sound pressure level (passive) | 142 dB SPL |
| Min. terminating impedance | 1,000 Ω |
| Nominal impedance | 25 Ω |
| Phantom powering | 48 V ± 4 V |
| Pick-up pattern | Cardioid |
| Sensitivity in free field, no load (1kHz) | 20 mV/Pa (-34 dBV/Pa) |
| Weight | 0.9 oz. (25 g) (1.9 oz., or 55 g, including XLR module) |