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.

Key Features

• Cardioid pick-up pattern

• Modular design

• Wide frequency response 30 to 50.000 Hz

• Symmetrical transducer with 2 backplates providing extremely low distortion

• Extremely low inherent self-noise

• Accurate directional pattern

• Non reflective Nextel coating

• Ideal as a spot microphone and for surround recordings

• Also available in stereo pairs

Specifications

• 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 (passive)

  142 dB SPL

• Current consumption

  3,3 mA