[SBE] Mic Boom Arm Help - Rountable Quesions

[Dan Slentz]

Thanks, Cowboy!   I've always used O.C. White in the past, but thought Heil Mics might make a decent boom (based on the fact that their mics aren't too bad for the money).

On a side note, on my old O.C. White arms, I'd pull off the spring and wrap plastic wire-wrap around it (the coiled stuff) which killed about 95% of the "spring reverb".  The LPB mic booms weren't bad (they covered the spring with black fuzz), but the fuzz black stuff eventually flaked all over the place.

Thanks for the feedback!   Appreciate your thoughts.
Dan

 



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From: Cowboy <curt at spam-o-matic.net>
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Sent: Fri, March 12, 2010 5:25:42 PM
Subject: Re: [SBE] Mic Boom Arm Help - Rountable Quesions

On Friday 12 March 2010 03:28:27 pm Dan Slentz wrote:

> Question for SBE Rountable-

>  

> Fellow engineers;

>  

> We purchased 10 Heil boom arms to be used with the Heil 40 microphone.  The

> mics are great, but these booms are falling apart at the joints.   Out of

> the 10 booms, four have fallen apart in the four months we’ve been on the

> air. 


I've used O.C. White arms for years.
My only complaint, is noise from the tensioning springs, but a coat of
shrink tube helps, and replacing the steel springs with rubber tie-downs
( from your local truck stop ) makes them totally silent.

They look cheap, but hold up real well.
I've learned not to argue with success.  ;)

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