This is the best value microphone I've bought in a long time. I've been using Ride for many years but this mic won me over and now I'm completely divine. This combined with the Deity Vlav mic, also a very inexpensive mic, is the perfect complement to my interview recordings. The microphone has a very low noise level. With some minor post tweaks I got better sound quality compared to my Rode VideoMic Pro which is a much more expensive mic.