I got 2 of these to record stereo sounds with my H4N recorder, i use them for different purposes like recording various percussion sounds, sound design, recording crowd noise at music events, speech etc... Gooseneck is very useful because you can point it in any direction and i dont need any mic stands. Sound quality is really good for the price, totally adequate for my needs. It's a condenser microphone, so it needs 48V phantom power. I would buy it again.