For the price, it is amazing. It's no DPA instrument mic, but it sounds decent for what it is, and the price to quality ratio is outstanding. I use it in a viola, and with a bit of EQ the results are ok. The violin clip holder is too small to fit a normal sized viola, so I bought a DPA viola clip, which costs more than this mic. With a bit of tape around the CC 100 it fits nicely.