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Re: New Sennheiser mic test

Subject: Re: New Sennheiser mic test
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:10:35 -0800
I'll be happy to report (immediately) whatever I find, Walt, whether 
noise or no-noise.

BK

>From: Lang Elliott <>
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>>
>>  Bernie:
>>
>>  Well, if you have the 418S, and they haven't improved the design, then
>>  you're dealing with 14dbA Mid internal noise and 22dbA for the Sides. That
>>  doesn't seem quiet to me, at least compared to the 10dbA figure for many of
>>  the other MKH mikes.
>>
>>  Have they told you that the internal noise levels are now lower? Have they
>>  modified the mike in some way to improve the specs?
>>
>>  Lang
>>
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>I corresponded with someone who had tested a early version of this mic
>in Europe a while back. Or at least got to do a few test recordings and
>look at it. Report at that time was the mid was the MKH-416 capsule. And
>he was not all that happy with sound quality as a result.
>
>I have a pdf on it I downloaded from Sennheiser a while back dated 10/02
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>In that the polar patterns of the mid closely resemble the ones of the
>MKH-416. The noise figures are as you report. The S mic only has a
>sensitivity of 10 mV/PA vs the mid's 25 mV/PA.
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>It would not be hard for Sennheiser to improve it. Just use the MKH-60
>capsule and electronics for the mid. And the MKH-30 side. That would
>give a mid sensitivity of 40 mV/PA, self noise 6 dBA  and a side
>sensitivity of 25 mV/PA, self noise 13 dBA. I know that combo is good,
>and it can be fit into the standard Sennheiser suspension/windscreen for
>the MKH-60. A MKH-80 capsule/electronics for the side would net you 40
>mV/PA sensitivity and 10 dBA self noise for the side. That would be a
>real killer combo. That's probably the combo that should be used to
>benchmark this new mic if it's going to claim to be better. Bernie do
>you have those two available?
>
>When I first looked at the MKH-418S it was a disappointment as a result
>of the poor specs, so I've kind of ignored it. I'd love it if they saw
>the light. Will be very interested in what's found.
>
>Walt
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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