MIC STANDS: which ones and where to buy

jcooke · Post by **jcooke** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:17 pm

I need to buy stands to record a drumset. I'm going to have 2 overheads, one condenser, one kick mic, and one snare mic.

What stands should I get? I don't want cheap and crappy, but I'm not looking to break the bank either. Suggestions please.

Jcooke

P.S. I searched the message board and didn't see too many posts on this topic.

LouJudson · Post by **LouJudson** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:57 pm

K&M gets my vote. Harder to find than the cheaper chinese crap in many stores... reasonably priced for the excellent quality! Distributed in the US by Ultimate Support, so any place that carries US can get the K&M

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jcooke · Post by **jcooke** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:25 pm

anyone else? I am really short on info, even after I searched around.

Thanks,
Jcooke

ctmsound · Post by **ctmsound** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:46 pm

Tama actually makes some kick ass mic stands for rather affordable.

http://www.tama.com/drums/tama_link.asp ... dex_u.html

They are built like a tank IMO. I have quite a few. Great bushings and connectors.

ckeene · Post by **ckeene** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:42 am

is it weird that you can get full-size boom stands for a lot less than the shorter ones? I'm thinking of getting a hacksaw and cutting down a couple of my full size stands.

Also those tama stands look awesome

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:40 am

I will second the tama. You can get the whole set of 5 for cheap and they work great. By far and away the best of the "inexpensive boom" stands I have tried.

My bad, I looked for the link but couldn't find it. Musicians Friend used to sell a five pack with three tall stands and two short and it was a great deal.

Russian Recording · Post by **Russian Recording** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:04 am

K&M are great, but I think AKG took over. Same stands, super sturdy and rugged, and they wont budge. Check out Full Compass even though they gave some of the worst service ever, I got a great deal on these mic stands there, and I know others are typically happy with their service.

here are some model numbers and their description:

KM210/9-BLACK
Stand/Boom (standard size with telescoping boom arm)

KM259-BLACK
16.8"-25.6"Stand,18.6"-30.7Bom (short for snare or gtr amp, telescoping boom)

KM259/5-BLACK
15" Stand w/16-28.5"Boom Arm (really short for kick drums, telescoping boom)

These are worth the money. You're looking at about $70 for the standard and short, and about 60 for the very short.

mike

jcooke · Post by **jcooke** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:10 am

Michael,
Thanks for the post. That is what I was hoping for. What to buy, where to buy it, and how much. Thanks also to others and their info.

Jcooke

LouJudson · Post by **LouJudson** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:26 am

AKG and Ultimate support are the two distributors of K&M. Nobody took over anything except the distribution. We are talking about the same thing! What did you pay for them? I got the tall and short for $64.95 each from audiogear.com in Seattle... I ordered four of each so I will have spares on hand for my live rig!

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Russian Recording · Post by **Russian Recording** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:46 am

Yeah, I remember now that AKG and K&M are in fact the same thing, diferent distribution.

I bought several other items frrom FC so they threw in a couple regular stands for free, so it came to be like 50/stand.

mike

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