[SBE] Mic Boom Arm Help - Rountable Quesions

[Kent Kramer]

Hey Dan…

 

For what it’s worth, I’ve got about a dozen of the Heil arms on Heil mics that have been in light use for slightly over three years and only one broken boom. Heil replaced it no charge. Granted it’s light duty for a nationally syndicated morning show but they’re as tight now as the day we took them out of the box. My only complaint has been the plastic strip that covers the mic cable tends to come loose if someone twists the mic the wrong way and it draws the mic cable up tight around the base. A little electrical tape holds the strip in…and of course not turning the boom more than 360 degrees.

 

I’ve also had OC White booms that fell apart on me...they may be the most popular but they still break too in my opinion.

 

Sincerely,

 

Kent Kramer

Director of Engineering

Reach Media

Dallas, TX

 

 

From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Dan Slentz
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 2:28 PM
To: SBE
Subject: [SBE] Mic Boom Arm Help - Rountable Quesions

 

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 spoke with Bob Heil who says they have no other problems with these; there are thousands in use all over the use; and it’s a mystery to him.  But by simply looking at the ones that fell apart, I have trouble believing that others aren’t having issues.  Our station is a AAA format with only a live morning and afternoon jock, and they actually (don’t faint) treat the equipment really well.  I have no issues with any other gear in this new studio, except for these mic booms.


Would like to ask if anyone else is using these?  Are they holding up?  Is there some trick to keeping these in one piece that I’m missing?

 

Best wishes,
Dan

 

KKXT FM / KERA FM - Dallas/Fort Worth

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