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The Sennheiser MD-441 switches

The Sennheiser MD-441 is one of our favourites. To know the Sennheiser MD-441 switches well helps you to take the best out of this pearl.

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Sennheiser MD-441 Versions

The Sennheiser MD 441 N is the version with the standard Tuchel (screw DIN) connector
The Sennheiser MD 441-2 is the version with the very large Tuchel connector with flat pins
The Sennheiser MD 441 U is the version with XLR

MD-441 M/S Switch (High-Pass / Bass Adjuster)

The curve of the multi-position M to S switch in the user manual of the MD-441 looks like a 100Hz-bell-filter but the measurements show the results of a high-pass/low-cut-filter and also the manual describes it as a roll-off-filter. “M” is unfiltered (all the bass gets through) and all the way to “S” rolls off the most low end:

The idea, presumably, was that someone talking into the mic from close up would tend to get too boomy, due to proximity effect increasing the bass; S was for “speech.”