If you liked the old D190, you will be happy with this new one. The cardoid pattern is nearly as tight as a D190, great for bringing bad room acoustics ( Churches and long low ceiling halls ) under control. It still has that flat bass response way down below where most dynamics fade away. It is a little larger and, being very dark coloured, generally more visually intrusive than the old silver-gold D190. For the price, a very good buy. I am using one in preference to a SM58 in a reverberant setting where I cant get closer than about 300mm to the performer's mouth. Enough said.