Sennheiser
MD 431-II
Dynamic · Supercardioid · 40–18,000 Hz
- 250 g — light for a full-size handheld dynamic — and it has an on/off switch.
- A supercardioid with a humbucking coil, built for stages where the lighting rig is closer than the desk.
Frequency response
No response curve yet.
MicSense only draws a curve redrawn from a graph the manufacturer publishes — it never estimates one from the microphone’s class. No published graph has been redrawn for the MD 431-II yet, so the numbers are in the spec table below.
Polar pattern
Generated from the first-order directivity formula for supercardioid. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Sennheiser |
|---|---|
| Model | MD 431-II |
| Type | Dynamic |
| Form factor | Handheld |
| Polar pattern | Supercardioid |
| Frequency range | 40–18,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 2 mV/Pa · ≈ -54.0 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | — not published by the maker |
| Self-noise | — none (passive capsule) |
| Impedance | 250 Ω (nominal) |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | None (dynamic) |
| Weight | 250 g |
Specifications: Sennheiser specifications page · last checked 2 Oct 2026. These are the maker’s published figures for this model. A dash never means zero: “not published by the maker” means the maker’s documents give no figure; “not yet checked” means MicSense has not confirmed one yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.
MicSense notes
| Price tier | Pro |
|---|---|
| Introduced | — not recorded |
Price tier and “a rider regular” are MicSense’s own judgement, not the maker’s.
What it gets used for
- FOH vocal
- Monitor vocal
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”.
MD 431-II alternatives: closest in published specs
Based on published specifications only — always listen at soundcheck. These are the microphones in the MicSense library whose datasheet figures sit closest to the Sennheiser MD 431-II’s for the same live job, with the reasons. It says nothing about how they sound.
Not compared for the Sennheiser MD 431-II: max SPL not published by the maker · response curve not redrawn yet.
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sE Electronics
V7
- Same job: FOH vocal, monitor vocal
- Same type: dynamic
- Same supercardioid pattern
- Same form: handheld
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
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Sennheiser
e 845
- Same job: FOH vocal, monitor vocal
- Same type: dynamic
- Same supercardioid pattern
- Same form: handheld
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
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Sennheiser
e 945
- Same job: FOH vocal, monitor vocal
- Same type: dynamic
- Same supercardioid pattern
- Same form: handheld
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
Compare it against the alternatives.
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