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SennheiserMK 4

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$299

Used market: $235*

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Specifications

5 of 8 values have a recorded source
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male·
Built-in converter
no·
Transducer
Condenser True✓
Sensitivity
-32✓
Output impedance
50✓
Phantom power required
yes✓
Connection
XLR-Only✓
Indexable Locales
·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal profile

Externally polarised 1-inch capsule with a gold-plated diaphragm, cardioid, 20 Hz to 20 kHz. No pad and no filter - everything is done outside the microphone.

Gain staging

25 mV/Pa converts to -32.0 dBV/Pa. Nominal impedance is only 50 ohms, but the datasheet also names a minimum load of 1 kohm - the pairing that matters, not the 50 ohms on its own.

Setups using this gear

Warm Audio WA12 MKII with a Sennheiser MK 4 into an AudioBox GO: 71 dB of gain and 31 dB of use for it

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~79% retained value).