There is some equalization / compression in the microphone circuit, which is completely unnecessary / interferes with a professional microphone. That is why beginners squeak from it so much (wow, I recorded the test and I already sound like a real pro on the sample - a serious sound!), And people who have worked with experience buy other models instead, with a more transparent and flexible sound scheme. Professionals in it do not like, first of all, the uniformity of sound, ironically set by the microphone circuit itself. By the way, it is assembled on SMD parts (google the difference between SMD components and conventional radio components) and if something happens (power surge, phantom power failure on the preamp or sound card, strong static, etc.), you will not repair it for nothing, you will have to change the entire the entire board, like the motherboard in an iPhone. That at its price it will come out at a decent price, and even taking into account the shipment to Germany back and forth, then in general.