I had a condenser mic before, but couldn't place it near my mouth due to it being too loud and clipping my audio interface. This mic is inexpensive, sounds great, sturdy and is devoid of all the flaws my condenser had when used in less than ideal conditions. As any dynamic mic, top end is much more dull than on any condenser, so you better have a good EQ to compensate that. Was my goto mic until i got a LDC.