This mic has DRY solid sound without colouring. No extra low as other SOYUZ microphones. It is good for my voice. Build quality is solid, box could be wooden, but it is carton. No cradle in the box. As I think all money went for mic itself and it is pure value for product. There is also a swich -10 and -20db for instruments. It also looks really good on camera as it is not too big as sm7b and other same mice iterations where guys hide behind them.