SennheiserMKH 416 P48U3
microphone
New retail price (MSRP)
$1,049
Used market: $820*
Specifications
1 of 9 values have a recorded source- Connectors
- XLR 3-Pin Male·
- Built-in converter
- no·
- Self-noise
- 13·
- Transducer
- Condenser True·
- Sensitivity
- -32✓
- Output impedance
- 25·
- Phantom power required
- yes·
- Connection
- XLR-Only·
- Indexable Locales
- ·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Tonal profile
The RF-condenser short shotgun that has been the film-set default since the 1970s. Its point is not the interference tube alone but the RF circuit: the capsule sits at low impedance, so humidity that would make an ordinary condenser crackle mostly does not reach it.
Gain staging
25 mV/Pa is loud for a shotgun (-32 dBV/Pa) and 13 dB(A) of self-noise is respectable, but the 40 Hz low-end limit is real: this microphone is deaf below the bottom of a male voice, by design. Nominal impedance is only 25 ohms, and the sheet asks for at least 800 ohms of load.
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value).