Sennheiser MD441 U

This week we're looking at one of the most expensive moving coil dynamic mics available today. The frequency range is closer to that of a condenser mic and features a set of controls to make the mic a real swiss army knife in the studio. We take the mic in the studio and put it through its paces with mics above and below its price point. One of my all time favorite mics... the Sennheiser MD441 U. Thanks to @drumagna for demoing the snare and hat for us. Link to @DaveRat video on the 441 teardown, https://youtu.be/kjdFb_8G2vs?si=s9vl_4pQu9dCe6o8 Amazing look at the inside of this crazy design! Link to a maintenance story of the 441: http://www.bymm.de/documents/11/Reparaturbericht_MD441_V0_3%20English%20Translation%20V2_3.pdf ***Contents*** 00:00 - Intro 00:23 - MD441 History 01:58 - MD441 Construction 04:26 - U441 Specs 06:12 - Demo Setup 06:55 - Spoken Word 08:40 - Piano 08:44 - MD441 Flat 08:50 - MD441 Hi Boost 08:56 - Roswell Mini K47 09:05 - MD441 Flat 09:14 - MD441 Hi Boost 09:26 - Roswell Mini K47 09:38 - MD441 Flat 09:44 - MD441 Hi Boost 09:50 - Roswell Mini K47 09:58 - Electric Guitar 10:01 - SM57 (center 3" from grille) 10:14 - MD441 Hi Boost 10:27 - MD441 Flat 10:40 - SM57 (center 3" from grille) 10:53 - MD441 Hi Boost 11:07 - MD441 Flat 11:20 - SM57 (center 3" from grille) 11:23 - MD441 Hi Boost 11:26 - MD441 Flat 11:28 - SM57 11:30 - MD441 Hi Boost 11:32 - MD441 Flat 11:34 - SM57 (center 6" from grille) 11:37 - MD441 Hi Boost 11:40 - MD441 Flat 11:43 - SM57 11:45 - MD441 Hi Boost 11:46 - MD441 Flat 11:47 - SM57 (center 9" from grille) 11:51 - MD441 Hi Boost 11:54 - MD441 Flat 11:57 - SM57 11:58 - MD441 Hi Boost 12:00 - MD441 Flat 12:01 - SM57 (offset 3" left, 6" from grille) 12:04 - MD441 Hi Boost 12:07 - MD441 Flat 12:10 - SM57 12:12 - MD441 Hi Boost 12:13 - MD441 Flat 12:15 - SM57 (offset 6" left, 9" from grille) 12:18 - MD441 Hi Boost 12:21 - MD441 Flat 12:24 - SM57 12:25 - MD441 Hi Boost 12:27 - MD441 Flat 12:29 - Acoustic Guitar (approx 9" from guitar) 12:32 - Shure SM81 12:37 - MD441 Hi Boost 12:43 - SM81 12:48 - MD441 Hi Boost 12:54 - SM81 12:57 - MD441 Hi Boost 13:01 - Acoustic Bass (approx. 8" from treble F hole) 13:04 - Neumann U87i (not AI) 13:25 - MD441 Hi Boost 13:46 - MD441 Flat 14:08 - Percussion 14:12 - Guiro - Beyerdynamic M201 14:14 - MD441 Flat 14:16 - M201 14:18 - MD441 Flat 14:20 - M201 14:22 - MD441 Hi Boost 14:24 - M201 14:26 - MD441 Hi Boost 14:28 - Egg Shake - M201 14:34 - MD441 Flat 14:39 - M201 14:45 - MD441 Hi Boost 14:50 - Tambourine - M201 14:54 - MD441 Flat 14:59 - M201 15:03 - MD441 Hi Boost 15:07 - Conga - M201 15:13 - MD441 Flat 15:18 - M201 15:23 - MD441 Hi Boost 15:28 - Drum Test 15:31 - Snare - M201 15:37 - MD441 Flat 15:42 - M201 15:47 - MD441 Hi Boost 15:52 - Hi Hat - Shure SM81 Flat 15:56 - MD441 Hi Boost - Flat 16:01 - SM81 - Low Cut 1 16:05 - MD441 Hi Boost - Low Cut 1 16:08 - MD441 Hi Boost - Low Cut 2 16:12 - MD441 Hi Boost - Low Cut 3 16:16 - SM81 - Low Cut 2 16:20 - MD441 Hi Boost - Low Cut 4 (S) 16:25 - Conclusion