Re: MKH 8070 long shotgun

["Raimund" animalsounds]

> Meant to ask what recorder are you using for these tests?   Unless you ar=
e using a SD7 series or equivalent the preamp noise floor will degrade the =
self-noise performance of the MKH8070, whereas the higher output of the MKH=
40 makes it far less demanding on preamp quality.
>
> cheers
> Paul

Paul,

If I interpret the specs (http://www.sennheiserusa.com/professional-shotgun=
-microphone-boom-mic-broadcast-sport-504241) correctly, then the MKH8070 sh=
ould provide a much higher output than the MKH40 (112 mV/Pa vs 25 mV/Pa).

That might also be the reason for the subjectively higher noise floor. So, =
a fair comparison should take the very different sensitivities into account=
. This could be done for instance by attenuating the MKH8070 track by 13 dB=
.

Regards,
Raimund