Sennheiser
ME 3
Electret / lavalier · Cardioid · 50–18,000 Hz
- A cardioid headset rated to 150 dB SPL — the highest ceiling of any headworn microphone here, and the reason it survives a drummer who sings.
- Cardioid rather than omni: more gain before feedback on a loud stage, at the cost of caring where the boom sits.
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 ME 3 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 cardioid. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Sennheiser |
|---|---|
| Model | ME 3 |
| Type | Electret / lavalier |
| Form factor | Headset |
| Polar pattern | Cardioid |
| Frequency range | 50–18,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 1.6 mV/Pa · ≈ -55.9 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | 150 dB SPL |
| Self-noise | — |
| Impedance | — |
| Connector | wireless bodypack |
| Powering | phantom 48 V |
| Weight | 60 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
- Theatre lav
- 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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