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.
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
(2) MKH 8040 Microphone head
(2) MZX 8000 XLR module
(2) MZQ 8000 Microphone clip
(2) MZW 8000 Windscreen
(1) Case
(1) Instruction manual
Warranty (years)
2
EC_DoC_MKH80xx_series.sgn_14.pdf
mkh-8000_bedienungsanleitung_06_2025_de.pdf
mkh-8000_instruction_manual_06_2025_en.pdf
MKH_80X0_Overview_12_2019.pdf
WuZ_148x210_0516_SP4_INT.pdf
MKH-Story_WhitePaper_en.pdf
MKH_8000_Series_Microphone_and_accessories_overview.pdf
Brochure_MKH_8000_ENG_092014.pdf
MKH_8040_Quick_Guide_07_2024.pdf
MKH_8000_Series_Safety_Guide_06_2026.pdf