Mic Stands

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Whats the most expensive mic stand on the market? Manley makes one for a cool grand. Thats kinda pricey, but I'd like a little bit better quality.
 
Heh!!!

LMAO!!! I have never seen a $1000 mic stand before, but I don't doubt that there is one.

I don't think you are going to find any better quality then that King......The price suggests something that will last long enough for your grandkids to give to their grandkids!!!

I make do with the $50 cheapies myself.....

Ed
 
How about a couple of bigger and better ones for drum overheads, vocals etc ??

cheers
John
 
I go for the $16 OnStage mic stands for everything...for my overheads I just put weights on the legs so the mic doesnt fall and I lose $200. I'm trying to devise a way of weighing it down without those weights...hmmm!
 
Oh no. This stand is a perfect fit for the Recoton. Those fine $8 mics will be well suited in a stand like this.
 
Most places I've recorded at, the recording would've benefited from a stand that works like those hallway chinning bars that expand via threads to provide enough pressure against the walls to support the chinner.
Only the mic stand would expand from floor to ceiling instead of wall to wall. First you'd insert enough extension sections to make the whole thing close to the room height, then screw it down tight. This would provide an easy to transport and very stable platform for overheads placed far above the ground. No weights required!
And no damage to floor or ceiling as the ends can be rubber padded like those chinning bars.
 
Yeah- RE, those look VERY nice for studio use, but I haven't got a team of roadies to carry my shit and sandbags and weight sets aren't my idea of portable equipment.
Plus- I think those prices are a bit out of my league.
Shouldn't the mics cost more than the stands?
 
Sand bags are a good thing to have to act as weights to hold them down, also work well in the kick drum.

cheers
john
 
We use broom sticks with duct tape leaning against a chair. Who needs stands?
 
I tape my condensor to the wall with clear 3m tape.
Or I tape a piece of string to the mic and hang it from a stack of T.V. trays.
 
Damn RE. Those are some fine quality stands. I like those Oktava ones too...buuut, im sorry, those ones are a little below my set price range of $1000+ tho. :)

I dont understand what is so awesome about a $1000+ stand to warrant that sort of price tag. I know some of them have some sort of hydrolic dampening device action, but I have seen that on stands that cost a fraction of the price. Is it really just reliability and the fact that they last forever?

Neverless, I still must own one of those now.
 
in Nigeria, high school teachers make about $25 a month, so I guess it will take a teacher only 3 years and 4 months to buy one, assuming he does not spend money on anything else.

THe only problem is how will he explain saving that long for a ----mic stand.
 
It only takes me like 12 years, 8 months. Those lucky nigerian teachers.
 
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