If you've heard music you've heard the MD 421 - a legendary Sennheiser microphone featured in countless award-winning performances and productions over the last five decades. Continuing that legacy MD 421 Kompakt delivers the same legendary performance as the original MD 421 and MD 421-II but in a truly multipurpose package - including a completely redesigned mounting clip. Just like the originals MD 421 Kompakt features a cardioid pickup pattern and remarkable dynamic range delivering crystal-clear sound reproduction engineered to handle whatever the creative process requires in live sound and recording applications (former article number 700589).