Sennheiser
MKH 8020
Small-diaphragm condenser · Omnidirectional · 10–60,000 Hz
- 10 Hz to 60 kHz — by a wide margin the widest published range in this library, and three octaves above anything anyone can hear.
- 25 grams of capsule. The MKH 8000 series splits the microphone from its output stage, so the part in the air is tiny.
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 MKH 8020 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 omnidirectional. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Sennheiser |
|---|---|
| Model | MKH 8020 |
| Type | Small-diaphragm condenser |
| Form factor | Stick / pencil |
| Polar pattern | Omnidirectional |
| Frequency range | 10–60,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | -30.0 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | 138 dB SPL |
| Self-noise | — |
| Impedance | 25 Ω (nominal) |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | phantom 48 V |
| Weight | 25 g |
| Price tier | Premium |
| 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
- Overhead
- Choir / ensemble
- Acoustic instrument
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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