Sennheiser Ambeo VR Mic

The four KE-14 microphone capsules are aligned to a triangular pyramid, meaning that they record sound from all sides. All four channels are output through the mic's DIN12M adapter cable to four XLR connections, and can thus be send to a portable multitrack recorder or a simple field recorder. As the AMBEO VR Mic is a condenser microphone, it needs to be supplied with 48V phantom power, which can be activated for all four channels on the external hardware being used for recording. When playing the recordings made with the Sennheiser AMBEO VR Mic through headphones or speakers, they need to be decoded and rendered into the Ambisonics B-format in advance.

In June 1945, Prof. Fritz Sennheiser founded the Wennebostel Laboratory, which initially produced measuring equipment. Commissioned by Siemens in 1945, the young company developed the MD-1 microphone, which was launched in 1946. After the development of further microphones, the company was renamed Sennheiser Electronic in 1958. Two years later, Sennheiser introduced the MD 421 dynamic microphone, which is still in production today and still held in high esteem by many sound engineers. Further groundbreaking developments, such as the HD 414 headphones and the MD 441 microphone classic, hugely enhanced the company’s international reputation, eventually making Sennheiser one of the leading manufacturers of microphone and headphone systems in the world.