With any condenser mic, you will need to supply phantom power to it. Dynamic mics, however, do not require phantom power but some of them, like the Sure SM7B require +50db of gain so, you'd need a preamp. Others like the Audio-Technica AT2001 and AT2005 will work without a pream. Regarding that particular mic, Neewer makes cheap products and it's a crap shoot whether or not it's going to last.