so i have bee playing with this more and i do like it but for 130 bucks i dont know, that plus the way people keep saying how perfect it is gave me very high expectations and im not sure why all these people are saying this works great with the SM7B, you still need a extension tube or something simular so you can rotate it with a sm7b installed. As far as the sag when trying to get it to stay in place, if you bring it up high and than slowly move it down where you want it, it will stay in place, but you cant just move it where you want quick and expect it to stay there every time .. you need to slowly move it to position i guess.. its a nice arm but im not srue its 130 dollars nice.. sucks they did not add a tension adjustment so if you ahve some sag you can fix it. over all i do like it but im still a litle disapointed with it too.
Your Welcome, I have been using this boom arm daily, it's not perfect but i do like it, eventually i loosened a few of the screws (you got to be careful they don't come out) and then I lightly snagged them down and the boom arm moves much better now, i think the screws were overtightened a bit, but no matter what the part the mic screws onto rotates which may be a issue for some people but besides that i really started to like this after fixing the screws being too tight making it not move as intended.
@@dannylightning-audio-reviews Thanks again, actually I'm about to buy one of those, but obviously for me at this time, Rode PSA1 is quite expensive, so I'm looking for someone to actually shares the experiences using it, but also I'm planning to buy the look-alike one, then after I've watched the video and your comment reply, I can finally realized that every boom-arm has it's own pros and cons even the expensive one, and for now I guess, I'll stick to mine. Then saved my money to buy other things too 🙏👍
The last one I had was by InnoGear in the arms were a little bit longer than the ones on this but it was really stiff and hard to move, One day I tried to really loosen all the screws up and it did come apart and springs and little pieces won't fly everywhere and I could never figure out how that went back in there. So I decided okay I'm going to get This thing cuz everybody raves about it, I actually liked my old I'm a little better except for it really had to give it some force to move the arm. I think there are a couple of boom arms out there that don't have any flaws but those are like $600 arms, can't remember the name of the company offhand but I got the tinker with one once and it was super nice but who's going to go out and spend $600 on a blue arm you know. I wish I could remember the name of the company off thing and I mean I could probably find it online if I spend a couple minutes searching but I guess if I were rich I would buy one of those lol but I think you're right most of them are all going to have some flaws or things you do and don't like, so if you find one that works and you don't have too many complaints about it and you're doing okay lol
InnoGear's boom arms will always, and I mean ALWAYS fail at the same point (the flimsy aluminum insert that is almost designed to fail.) They are trash products, but worth it if you're ok with buying replacements every year or so.
How many have you had problems with, I had one for probably about 4 years and I physically broke it, I was loosening the screws to try and make so it moved a little easier cuz it was kind of stiff and I loosened to the point where it actually fell apart and there was these big springs that were stuffed down there and I could not figure out how to get it back together but that was a great boom on for several years. And I currently have one of their small arms that I use all the time for My second microphone and it seems to be doing pretty good so I haven't had any issues with them yet. Now if you've only had one fail maybe it was just one of those deals or maybe I've been really lucky but I haven't had any problems yet that weren't my fault when it comes to their arms
You're using it wrong, your mic's plug in should be on the top of the arm so that your cable goes straight from the arm to mic like every picture of this arm with this exact mic. Also your mic is supposed to hang from it, its not a stand. You would need to use a lighter mic if you want it setup like that.
These things are designed where they have moving parts so you can position something the way you would like it to be, different microphones have the XLR Jack in different positions some go straight out the back somewhere on the bottom some are actually on the top, all microphones are different and these arms are adjustable that way they work with different microphones and you set them up how you need
so i have bee playing with this more and i do like it but for 130 bucks i dont know, that plus the way people keep saying how perfect it is gave me very high expectations and im not sure why all these people are saying this works great with the SM7B, you still need a extension tube or something simular so you can rotate it with a sm7b installed. As far as the sag when trying to get it to stay in place, if you bring it up high and than slowly move it down where you want it, it will stay in place, but you cant just move it where you want quick and expect it to stay there every time .. you need to slowly move it to position i guess.. its a nice arm but im not srue its 130 dollars nice.. sucks they did not add a tension adjustment so if you ahve some sag you can fix it. over all i do like it but im still a litle disapointed with it too.
Thank you, Sir
Your Welcome, I have been using this boom arm daily, it's not perfect but i do like it, eventually i loosened a few of the screws (you got to be careful they don't come out) and then I lightly snagged them down and the boom arm moves much better now, i think the screws were overtightened a bit, but no matter what the part the mic screws onto rotates which may be a issue for some people but besides that i really started to like this after fixing the screws being too tight making it not move as intended.
@@dannylightning-audio-reviews Thanks again, actually I'm about to buy one of those, but obviously for me at this time, Rode PSA1 is quite expensive, so I'm looking for someone to actually shares the experiences using it, but also I'm planning to buy the look-alike one, then after I've watched the video and your comment reply, I can finally realized that every boom-arm has it's own pros and cons even the expensive one, and for now I guess, I'll stick to mine. Then saved my money to buy other things too 🙏👍
The last one I had was by InnoGear in the arms were a little bit longer than the ones on this but it was really stiff and hard to move, One day I tried to really loosen all the screws up and it did come apart and springs and little pieces won't fly everywhere and I could never figure out how that went back in there. So I decided okay I'm going to get This thing cuz everybody raves about it, I actually liked my old I'm a little better except for it really had to give it some force to move the arm. I think there are a couple of boom arms out there that don't have any flaws but those are like $600 arms, can't remember the name of the company offhand but I got the tinker with one once and it was super nice but who's going to go out and spend $600 on a blue arm you know. I wish I could remember the name of the company off thing and I mean I could probably find it online if I spend a couple minutes searching but I guess if I were rich I would buy one of those lol but I think you're right most of them are all going to have some flaws or things you do and don't like, so if you find one that works and you don't have too many complaints about it and you're doing okay lol
@@dannylightning-audio-reviews Yes, it's true 😀👍
InnoGear's boom arms will always, and I mean ALWAYS fail at the same point (the flimsy aluminum insert that is almost designed to fail.) They are trash products, but worth it if you're ok with buying replacements every year or so.
How many have you had problems with, I had one for probably about 4 years and I physically broke it, I was loosening the screws to try and make so it moved a little easier cuz it was kind of stiff and I loosened to the point where it actually fell apart and there was these big springs that were stuffed down there and I could not figure out how to get it back together but that was a great boom on for several years. And I currently have one of their small arms that I use all the time for My second microphone and it seems to be doing pretty good so I haven't had any issues with them yet. Now if you've only had one fail maybe it was just one of those deals or maybe I've been really lucky but I haven't had any problems yet that weren't my fault when it comes to their arms
"some crazy reason"
You're using it wrong, your mic's plug in should be on the top of the arm so that your cable goes straight from the arm to mic like every picture of this arm with this exact mic. Also your mic is supposed to hang from it, its not a stand. You would need to use a lighter mic if you want it setup like that.
These things are designed where they have moving parts so you can position something the way you would like it to be, different microphones have the XLR Jack in different positions some go straight out the back somewhere on the bottom some are actually on the top, all microphones are different and these arms are adjustable that way they work with different microphones and you set them up how you need
@@dannylightning-audio-reviewsjust talking about you bud
I didn't know the microphone boom arm police existed LOL
It says that upright position is supported in the official FAQ on the Rode homepage.