[Mike J. Vitale]

Originally Posted by ChuckS

I just recently picked up a used pair of MKH 40 cardioids, and I just started experimenting with them; they seem as I expected/hoped. Per the specs, they have a very flat extended frequency response, good off axis response, high sensitivity, and very low noise. My application is for stereo recording of solo fingerstyle guitar, in a home setting. They are neutral sounding, realistic to the source, with very good detail (maybe not as detailed and realistic as my Gefell M296S omni micss but I'm not really sure yet).

The pair of MKH40s that I bought were not originally sold as a matched pair. They came with actual frequency response measurements (smoothed / filtered graph compared to the not-smoothed frequency response measurements that come with Gefell mics) and though they were built about 4-5 months apart (in 2019), and originally bought at different times, the frequency response curves are almost identical, and their sensitivity at 1KHz is within 0.5dB of each other.

Overall, at this point I'm very happy with them.

Thanks for the response, I heard they maintained a natural sound when close miked which got me interested in them