Sennheiser MKH 8040

The cardioid MKH 8040 is suitable for almost any application. It 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.

• 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

• Dimensions: Ø 19 mm, L 41 mm (74 mm with XLR module)

• Frequency response: 30 - 50000 Hz

• Weight: 25 g (55 g with XLR module)

• Audio output: XLR-3M balanced, transformerless, floating

• Sensitivity in free field, no load (1kHz): 20 mV/Pa (-34 dBV/Pa)

• Nominal impedance: 25

• Min. terminating impedance: 1000

• Phantom powering: 48 V +/- 4 V

• Equivalent noise level: 13 dB

• Equivalent noise level weighted as per CCIR 468-3: 22 dB

• Maximum sound pressure level (passiv): 142 dB SPL

• Current consumption: 3,3 mA