Sennheiser MKH 416 P48 B-Stock

As a shotgun microphone, the MKH 416 P48 features a highly directional pickup pattern that effectively suppresses sound from the sides, ensuring a clear and focused capture of the source it is aimed at. The mic has a supercardioid response with a shift towards a tighter lobar response above 2kHz. The MKH 416 P48 covers a frequency range of 40Hz to 20kHz and features a balanced, floating XLR output for clean signal transmission – achieved without a transformer to maintain a direct audio path. As a condenser microphone, it requires 48V phantom power supplied via XLR, which is typically delivered by portable mixers or field recorders on film sets.

In June 1945, Prof. Fritz Sennheiser founded the Wennebostel Laboratory, which initially produced measuring equipment. Commissioned by Siemens in 1945, the young company developed the MD-1 microphone, which was launched in 1946. After the development of further microphones, the company was renamed Sennheiser Electronic in 1958. Two years later, Sennheiser introduced the MD 421 dynamic microphone, which is still in production today and still held in high esteem by many sound engineers. Further groundbreaking developments, such as the HD 414 headphones and the classic MD 441 microphone, hugely enhanced the company's international reputation, eventually making Sennheiser one of the leading manufacturers of microphone and headphone systems in the world.