Pro Mic Stands

[brandondrury]

Hey dudes,

I'm looking for mic stands that are going to last me 10+ years. I bought a set of extremely cheap mic stands about 1.5 years ago and almost all of them have broken. Ironically, 4 broke in the last month.

I'm looking for a long term investment.

Any ideas?

Brandon

[phangeaux]

Originally Posted by brandondrury

Hey dudes,

I'm looking for mic stands that are going to last me 10+ years.? I'm looking for a long term investment.

Any ideas?

Brandon

Hey Brandon,

Another example of how investing in quality at a higher price, perhaps sacrificing quantity, pays off in the long run. ALSO it is just damned nice to be handling good quality equipment, isn't it?

Now, on the other hand when you need something quick from the nearest store and/or on a low budget to get the job done, cheap stuff that works (which is usually what local quick-stores have) does get the job done, so cheap is not always bad...

I understand your situation because there is so much cheap stuff everywhere. My two boom mic stands are called "Professional" (all kinds of cheap stuff has the word 'Professional' on the label these days). They came from (forgive me) Guitar Center, $60.00 ea, BUT the mgr. of the Dept must have either felt sorry for me or possibly knew that I really am about something and also legitimately poor so I got one set FOR FREE. It was missing a rubber foot and a tightener. A simple thumb screw and a rubber foot scavanged off something from the St. Vincent Du Paul thrift store dumpster should fix it.

OK, enough bull-Ony.

When I was looking at about a thousand different models and makes of microphones on the market trying to figure out what the heck I was doing, (what a confusing arena that is!) I saw some good quality mic stands being sold at businesses that specialize selling high quality microphones.

This might be a short cut though, Brandon. You can sort by price, manufacturer, relevence, or whatever:

Results for 'professional recording studio microphone stands':

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...ff&oi=froogler

[phangeaux]

That froogle thing didn't work too well, best to sort by 'relevence'. I did just as well using google.


I forgot to ask, WHAT PART(S) BROKE? If it is just the base for example you might find some do it yourself DIY people around who can make a better base- assuming that the rest is still good. I presumed that you were talking about boom stands.

It seems to me that any of the parts in these things can be pretty easily replaced by DIY guys if not made better.

As you get older you will meet and get to know all kinds of skilled people in life, welders, machinists, rocket scientists, guys with shops and manufacturing facilities, just about anything. So, IF YOU ARE GOOD, and nice and not an greedy asshole who takes advantage of people you will have friends, who can help you and lots of people who can make stuff better than you can buy or modify stuff to make it better, fix broken stuff to make it better, etc.

Moral of this story is obvious

[phangeaux]

I tried to get that last post finished while my computer system is in the process of crashing, which it still is, so I had to cut that post short, I am still hanging on here before it crashes so I desided to write this little explanation. Yeah, if you are good, good stuff happens. If you are bad, bad stuff happens, that's what I meant about 'moral of the story'.

Catch you later, I have to let this browser bite the dust here.

[brandondrury]

The mic stands that have broken were crap to begin with. It was a mistake buying them. All four broke just slightly above the bass. Maybe 1/4" an inch. They are not worth fixing.

Brandon

[DogpitStudios]

What kind of stands were they?

Ben

[brandondrury]

I dont' think they had a brand. I picked up 10 of them on Ebay for like $90 after shipping. It was a temporary fix when I was very low on money.

Brandon

[Nicholas G.]

hi
K&M stands are german-sturdy and should cope with years of abuse, plus all the spare parts are available. they also have a very good value.
The giant Starbird (manufactured nowadays by Manley) is the king of mic stands. it can carry safely a pair of U87's
15 feet high but thousand bucks might be a bit pricey for.. a stand.
http://www.manleylabs.com/BIGPIXPAGES/Starbirdpic.html
other than that you have Atlas stands http://www.bswusa.com/proditem.asp?item=SB36W
but I've heard they're not as solidly made as they used to....
also check ...http://www.bswusa.com/proditem.asp?item=SMS7650
and http://www.zzounds.com/item--QLKA85
and http://www.airrsupport.com/airr_100.html
and http://www.wesdooley.com/pdf/PriceLi...ng2005_web.pdf
hope you find what you need

[brandondrury]

Great post, Nicholas G.

I definitely need to add some of these big stands to my wishlist.

Right now, I'm just looking for smaller mic stands that will last. I'm talking about your typical boom, but just strong.

Brandon

[Nicholas G.]

I'm talking about your typical boom, but just strong.
In that case there is no other choice than K&M (210/2 or 210/9)
http://www.k-m.de/D/Katalog/mikrofon/5index.asp?spr=EN
Nick