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Sennheiser

XS Lav

Electret / lavalier · Omnidirectional · 50–18,000 Hz

  • The entry lavalier: 19 g, omnidirectional, and sold in both 3.5 mm and XLR versions for cameras as well as bodypacks.
  • 50 Hz to 18 kHz — a speech bandwidth, and priced accordingly.

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 XS Lav 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

Published specifications for the Sennheiser XS Lav
ManufacturerSennheiser
ModelXS Lav
TypeElectret / lavalier
Form factorLavalier
Polar patternOmnidirectional
Frequency range50–18,000 Hz
Sensitivity
Max SPL
Self-noise32 dB(A)
Impedance
Connector3.5 mm or wireless bodypack
Poweringphantom 48 V
Weight19 g
Price tierBudget
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
  • Broadcast
  • Lectern / podium

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.

MicSense lets you put up to four microphones side by side — spec table, overlaid response curves and polar diagrams on one screen. Free with a free Squaresmile account.