Sennheiser e614
Product information "Sennheiser e614"
Features at a glance
- Condenser microphone with supercardioid pickup pattern
- Specifically tailored for overhead miking and for miking acoustic instruments
- Features an extended frequency response, handles high sound pressure levels and provides excellent transient characteristics
- Very compact housing
- Frequency range 40 Hz – 20 kHz
- Supplied with stand adapter and pouch
The e614 is a permanently polarised condenser microphone with a supercardioid pickup pattern. It has been designed for demanding applications requiring an extended frequency range, the ability to handle high sound pressure levels, a fast transient response and a compact design. Operating over a frequency range of 40 Hz - 20 kHz, the e614 captures the full body of the instrument while reducing bleed from other instruments on stage due to its excellent supercardioid pickup pattern. Even though this microphone has been primarily designed for miking percussion instruments, it is also ideally suited for miking woodwind and stringed instruments. Providing excellent acoustic properties, it is also an ideal microphone for home recording.
MP-Rating: This microphone also features all required properties for perfect overhead/hihat miking. It might be more compact than its competitors, however, sonically there are hardly any differences. 5 Stars.
Legend:
1 Star – still room for improvement! 2 Stars – satisfactory overall impression! 3 Stars – good price/performance value! 4 Stars – very recommendable! 5 Stars – highly recommendable! 6 Stars – unbeatable top product!
- Cable: not included
- Color/ Finish: Black
- Connection Plug: 3-pin XLR
- Frequency range: 40 Hz - 20 kHz
- Impedance: 1000 Ohm
- Includes: Microphone, Stand Adapter, Bag
- Instrument Choice: Drums / Percussion
- Low-Cut-Filter: no
- Phantom Power: 48 V
- Pickup pattern: Supercardioid
- Pre-Attenuation: no
- Sensitivity: 3 mV/Pa
- Subcategory: Instrument Microphone
- Transducer principle: Condenser
- Type: Small Diaphragm Microphone
- Weight: 93 g
- diaphragm: Small-diaphragm
- max. SPL: 139 dB
In the 1950s Sennheiser focused on the development of condenser microphone technology, which became widely used on film sets and in TV studios. A milestone was certainly the wireless microphone system developed together with NDR for professional TV use, which from 1958 was marketed together with Telefunken under the name "Mikroport".
In 1960 Sennheiser presented another highlight and introduced the dynamic microphone MD-421, which is still produced and sold today. Thanks to its versatile applications, the MD-421 is one of the best-known microphones in the world and helped establish Sennheiser early on as a leading manufacturer of professional audio equipment internationally.
The first open-back headphone in the world also comes from Sennheiser. It was called the HD-414 and remains one of the best-selling hi-fi headphones of all time.
In 1982 Fritz Sennheiser handed over management to his son Jörg, who continued to expand and internationalise the company.
Another masterstroke from Sennheiser was the HD-25 headphone in 1988. Originally conceived as a pure monitoring headphone, it was also used as a high-class inflight headphone on the Concorde passenger aircraft. From there the headphone virtually conquered the DJ scene at supersonic speed and is still regarded today as the most popular DJ headphone with legendary status.
Shortly before the turn of the millennium, the Evolution microphone series (abbreviated with an "e") was launched in 1998. A year later the wireless microphone variant followed as the Evolution Wireless series (ew). Both series are still produced today and are used by the biggest stars in the world (including Drake, DJ Bobo, Peter Maffay, Kate Tempest, Jessie Ware, Ed Sheeran and many more). The success of the microphone range was fittingly celebrated in 2018 with the campaign "20 Years Evolution".
Since 2013 the company has been run in the third generation by the grandchildren Daniel and Andreas Sennheiser as an innovative dual leadership. Today Sennheiser employs more than 2,800 people worldwide and is represented in over 50 countries. In addition to professional audio equipment, the company also offers headphones and loudspeakers for the consumer market. Sennheiser always places great value on the highest sound quality and innovative design.
In the following years Sennheiser steadily expanded its product portfolio with further wireless microphones, in-ear monitoring systems and conference technology. Practical developments currently culminate in the Evolution Wireless Digital (EW-D) or the mobile radio systems for filmmakers and video professionals from the Evolution Wireless Digital Portable (EW-DP) series.
