Sennheiser HME 26 Broadcast Headset with Condenser Microphone

The HME 26 is the condenser-microphone member of Sennheiser's 26 series: a cardioid pre-polarized boom running 40 to 20,000 Hz at 16 mV/Pa on 48 V phantom, which gives a commentator a fuller and more open sound than the dynamic HMD 26 in the same chassis. It suits a commentary box or a studio where the ambient level is controlled.

The headphone side is where the safety engineering lives. Closed supra-aural earcups run 6 Hz to 18,000 Hz at 64 ohms, and Sennheiser's ActiveGard circuit caps the level at 95 or 110 dB SPL to protect an operator from a feedback squeal arriving in their ears at full level. The S version is single-sided, for anybody who needs one ear on the room, and the double-sided version isolates more.