MKH 50 P48
microphone
$1,499
Used market: $1,170*
Specifications
2 of 9 values have a recorded sourceExpert Audio Engineering Commentary
Tonal Profile
The supercardioid of the MKH 40/50 pair: an RF condenser without an interference tube, so it keeps a usable off-axis response where a shotgun colours everything at the sides. Interiors, booms in small rooms, and the classic MS partner for the MKH 30.
Gain Staging Advice
12 dB(A) at 25 mV/Pa is the reason this microphone survives at a distance: the floor is low enough that the preamp, not the capsule, becomes the limit. Nominal impedance is 150 ohms - six times the MKH 8040's 25 - so cable length is less of a worry.
What the datasheet actually says
Quoted verbatim from the manufacturer’s own page, with the date we checked it. We state what is printed, not what anyone intended by it.
«Equivalent noise level (db) 12 (18) dB»
The product page prints the noise figure without naming a weighting, and does not print the sensitivity at all. Sennheiser's own quick guide for the same model, linked from that page, prints «Equivalent noise level A-weighted 12 (18) dB(A)» and «Sensitivity (free field, no load, 1 kHz) 25 (8) mV/Pa ±1 dB». The bracketed second value is the state with the -10 dB pad engaged; the page says neither of these things.
checked 8/6/2026* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value). · checked on 8/6/2026