K&M 21070 Black

While you can find more affordable options, with K&M stands you don't need to wonder how long it will last. We have K&M mic stands still working perfectly after a decade of use.

This particular stand is fairly basic and sturdy. Won't fall down too easily with an SM58. For noticeably heavier mics, you will want a heavier stand. Height and boom length adjustments are good for most use cases. For drum overheads, the height might be just enough for most situations, but obviously, taller stands will fare better.

Hardware isn't the most appealing stuff, but I recommend staying away from the cheaper stuff, since it WILL break and it will break sooner than you'd want. We have several defunct stands as proof of that. Investing in proper hardware means you won't have to think about it again anytime soon.

Pros:
- sturdy
- adjustments
- price-to-quality ratio

K&M is my go-to brand for all mic related accessories. Stands, clips, ...

I use this stand mainly in combination with a tablet holder (K&M 19790). The big advantage over a common table stand is that the boom arm lets me position my iPad over/around my drum set.

The stand is stable enough to 'hang' the table +/- half a meter eccentric from the center. Don't have to go much further without counterweight though ...

Pros:
- Perfect price/quality ratio
- Rigid stand, versatile in use
- Boom arm doesn't drop when using a heavy mic (or tablet)

Cons:
- Its light weight, thus not always stable in combination with a table or heavy microphone.

I've been using this product for over 2 years now in my home studio, and I'm totally satisfied with it. The product lived up to my expectations.

Since the K&M 21070 Black arrived to my home studio, I have been using it with my NT2 A condenser microphone which is mounted upon an SM6 shock mount with a pop filter. So it is under a lot of weight: I never take the shock mounted microphone off of it, only put a dust bag upon it for cover, and leave the mic stand in a way that it does not reach sideways. This way, every time I have to use it, I just adjust it quickly, and I am ready to record.

I had only once accident with this stand, namely the screw that holds the microphone's shockmount slowly let go the shockmount, and after a recording session, the shockmounted microphone abruptly fell on the ground. However, I realized it was my own fault, since every time I adjusted the microphone's angle, I unscrewed it a bit instead of adjusting the stand itself. :)

All in all I am really satisfied with this product, and I eagerly recommend it to anyone who wants to have a nice sturdy microphone stand in their home studio. :)

Generally I am a fan of these stands. They are robust and well made. However, this one came bundled with a Rhode Mic that I bought for my studio and it hasn't really been up to the task. The NT2-A is fairly heavy and the arm of the mic stand struggles to cope with it if put out at any decent length. Also the fastener that stops the arm from twisting cant cope so its difficult to place the NT2 exactly where I want it. Perhaps I should have bought a different stand but as this one was bundled with it I thought it should suffice. Maybe Thomann could bundle a more suitable mic stand with the NT2? One that can actually hold it where you want it. Would recommend this stand for live vocals and such but have found it a little cumbersome in a studio setting.