Manfrotto 154B Microphone Support

Pros:

Using Manfrotto lighting stands for mounting microphones could appear a king of luxury and inappropriate. But the sound engineer who suffered a real pain with a finger catch or a back crack transporting normal steel microphone stands will understand and approve my choice: aluminium stands are much lighter than steel stands.

A +/- 38 cm AB pair (2 x omnidirectional microphones) will perfectly fit quickly on this 154(B) bar.
Add a second 154(B) bar fixed on the middle spigot of the first one (T) and you can create a small Decca Tree system (3 x omni) for a fraction of the price of any similar system.
More? You can also use the middle spigot to fix an upper extension. At the end of this extension, place a third 154(B) and an upper AB pair: you have created a 5.0 recording system.

Cons:
Not really discrete nor elegant: you should use this only when there is no public.
Don't walk on top of this bar or you will break it: it's an aluminium tube, not a steel bar.