VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Bill · Guest

I just picked up a pretty nice mic boom arm off ebay, a bit small to snake the mic cable thru it, but I can tie wrap it.

It came with 2 sets of springs, one set of 1 lb, and 3lb. even the 3 lb springs have a tough time with my Rode NT-2 and an EV RE20. do they make stronger springs? anyone have an idea who stocks them?

Thanks

steveanthony · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:36 pm Post subject: O C White

Try these guys:

http://www.ocwhite.com/html/el.htm

Bill · Guest

Thanks!!

Frank F · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:

Be careful not to go too much heavier on the springs... your boom-arms metal might not stand the strain... and then you will have a a bunch of twisted metal around a broken mic...

Toodles

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Edo · Guest

Maybe this will help a little... I use OC&White's but you can try the following:

Cut a length of garden hose and put it around the springs. Also, some stores sell flexible heat shrink tubing (I hope my English is good enough to explain/describe what I mean). Not only it avoids noise from the springs, it tightens them up too, so the stand can overall lift a bit more microphone weight. You fix those tubings with a heat gun or hi-power blowdryer. Good luck!

Regards from The Netherlands,

Edo

Bill · Guest

great idea Edo, I have some heat shrink tubing right here in the drawer. left over from another DIY project.

thanks all for the idea, and Frank for the warning... heeded.

DaveChristi · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject:

Bill,

If it's the boom I'm thinking of... ( bought one off of eBay too) it only came with 2 of the 3lb springs (right?). So you were left with having to use the 1lb springs on either the top or bottom.

In my case I used a 1lb and a 3lb as the top set and the bottom set. This made the boom strong enough to hold up an RE20.

I had tried a couple springs from OCWhite, but they were to long to fit on this boom.

If I have totally missed the mark and this doesn't apply to your boom, my appologies.
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Bill · Guest

Dave,

no need to apologize, you hit the boom on the arm. Rolls Eyes

that's the one. I'll give that a try. I'm working on a home brew 10 inch riser as well.

billelder · Guest

This is what I use.
Pro-Mic Arm- $59
If you look, you can catch two arms for $99. The sweet deal is the XLR plug in the stand and the riser that comes with it. Metal and very sturdy. I have a C1 and an RE-20 and it handles them with no problem.

Jowillie · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:14 am Post subject:

Not meaning to hi-jack your thread, but I understand your dilemma.
I have six spring arms in one of my control rooms and it's for sure that during a group recording session, someone will need to adjust by grabbing and yanking on the mic. When they do it on the arms with outside-mounted springs, it sounds like godzilla screeching an attack on Toyko.

Arms with intenal springs seem to be quieter and the ability to hide the cable in the arm sure makes clutter control easier. You can adjust the weight control were the springs connect at top or bottom.
A lot of techs like these:
http://www.heilsound.com/pro/products/pl2t/index.htm
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