Sennheiser
e 865
Handheld condenser · Supercardioid · 40–20,000 Hz
- A handheld condenser at the price of a good dynamic — 3.0 mV/Pa and a response that runs to 20 kHz.
- Needs phantom power, which on a wired stage means remembering to switch it on and on a wireless stage means the transmitter supplies it.
Frequency response
No response curve yet.
MicSense only draws a curve traced from a graph the manufacturer actually publishes — it never estimates one from the microphone’s class. Sennheiser publishes figures for the e 865 but no response graph, so the numbers are in the spec table below and the chart stays empty.
Polar pattern
Generated from the first-order directivity formula for supercardioid. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Sennheiser |
|---|---|
| Model | e 865 |
| Type | Handheld condenser |
| Form factor | Handheld |
| Polar pattern | Supercardioid |
| Frequency range | 40–20,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 3 mV/Pa · ≈ -50.5 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | — |
| Self-noise | — |
| Impedance | 200 Ω (nominal) |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | phantom 48 V |
| Weight | 314 g |
| Price tier | Mid |
| Introduced | — |
Every figure above is from Sennheiser’s own published datasheet for this model — see the datasheet. A dash means the manufacturer does not publish that figure; it does not mean zero.
What it gets used for
- FOH vocal
MicSense tags microphones by the job on a live stage, not by studio category — so you can filter for “kick in” or “monitor vocal” instead of working backwards from “large-diaphragm condenser”.
Compare it against the alternatives.
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