A ppearances are deceiving sometimes. Tweak presses a button on Tweakland's Magic Console and a glass display case of microphones rises out of the floor.  Tweak says, "think of the microphone as a marriage".  Yes.  As something you want to spend the rest of your life with.  "Choose carefully".  Newb...

Although the Sennheiser company has been making all types of microphone in Germany since the end of World War II, it's probably fair to say that its most iconic designs (like the 421 and the 441) are moving-coil dynamics rather than condensers.

The Sennheiser 421 is a large diaphragm dynamic microphone that came out originally in the early 60s and quickly became known as a really good sounding robust mic that could handle high spls.

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