teleric wrote on Thu, 13 November 2008 19:12 |
J.J. Blair wrote on Fri, 26 October 2007 17:40 | 409 and 509 are exactly the same. I have both. The difference was to whom and where they were marketed, AFAIK.
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I always wondered about that about some sennheiser mics. What are the differences between an MD409/MD509 and for 441/541 or even 421/521. they look the same, and to this point, MD441 and MD541 sound the same to me. was it just that 'blackfire' series that made some mics go from a '4' to a '5' prefix? Or are just the later more recent?
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Hi all
If I remember correctly, there is a slight difference between 421 and 521. The 521´s I have used did not have the LF roll-off (the S/M (speech/music) switch located around the xlr plug) So in that case 421 and 521 are close, but really not the same... Other than that, I really don´t think there is any difference.
I don´t think there are similar differences between any of the other MD4 series vs BF5 series. (more correctly: I don´t know of any)
In Norway, the same dealers sold both the series, and they were available at the same time. I seem to remember something about the BF5 series being marketed as the "road" alternative (eg more robust), but I have no clue if this was just something the norwegian/scandinavian/european distributors said to explain the differences that were really only in the model number. The sound company I worked for at the time never had 521´s, only 421´s.
LarsK