Sennheiser MKH 8040 Stereo Set

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.

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
Aaccurate directional pattern
Non reflective Nextel coating
Ideal as a spot microphone and for surround recordings
Also available in stereo pairs

What's in the box?

Microphone head MKHC 8040
XLR module MZX 8000
Microphone clip MZQ 8000
Windshield MZW 8000
User manual
Aluminium transport case
Technical Data

 

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 Ω 

Min. terminating impedance
1000 Ω 

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