Sennheiser
MD 431-II
Dynamic · Supercardioid · 40–18,000 Hz
- 238 g — the lightest full-size handheld dynamic here, and it has a switch.
- A supercardioid with a humbucking coil, built for stages where the lighting rig is closer than the desk.
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 MD 431-II 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 | MD 431-II |
| Type | Dynamic |
| Form factor | Handheld |
| Polar pattern | Supercardioid |
| Frequency range | 40–18,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 2.2 mV/Pa · ≈ -53.2 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | — |
| Self-noise | — |
| Impedance | 250 Ω (nominal) |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | None (dynamic) |
| Weight | 238 g |
| Price tier | Pro |
| 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
- Monitor 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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