Introduction
The NEEWER 40063970 Microphone Stand is a handy tool designed to support your microphone during performances, recordings, and presentations. In this review, we’ll explore its features, usability, pros, and cons.
Features
- Adjustability: This microphone stand offers adjustable height and angle, providing flexibility to accommodate various microphone setups and preferences.
- Sturdiness: Built with durable materials, it ensures stability and reliability during use, preventing unwanted wobbling or tilting.
- Compatibility: The stand is compatible with most standard microphones, making it suitable for a wide range of audio recording applications.
- Easy Assembly: With a simple and straightforward assembly process, you can set up the stand quickly without any hassle.
Usability
- User-Friendly Design: The stand features intuitive controls and adjustments, allowing users to position their microphone with ease.
- Secure Grip: The microphone holder provides a secure grip, preventing the microphone from slipping or falling during use.
- Portability: Its lightweight and collapsible design make it easy to transport and store, ideal for on-the-go musicians and performers.
Pros
- Affordability: Compared to other microphone stands on the market, the NEEWER 40063970 offers great value for its price.
- Sturdy Construction: Its robust build ensures durability and long-term reliability, even during frequent use.
- Versatile Usage: From studio recordings to live performances, this microphone stand is suitable for various audio applications.
- Easy Adjustment: The stand’s adjustable height and angle make it adaptable to different setups and performance requirements.
Cons
- Limited Height Range: Some users may find the height range of the stand limiting, especially for taller performers or unconventional setups.
- Minimal Accessories: The stand may lack additional accessories or features found in higher-end models, such as cable management systems or microphone clips.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the NEEWER 40063970 Microphone Stand offers a reliable and affordable solution for supporting your microphone needs. With its sturdy construction, user-friendly design, and versatile usage, it caters to both amateur musicians and professional performers alike. While it may have some limitations regarding height range and accessories, its overall performance and value make it a practical choice for anyone in need of a dependable microphone stand.
palomalalala –
Veramente robusto e facile da montare ottima qualità prezzo e ottimo per la mia postazione da gaming
JoeDubbz –
Great quality for how inexpensive it was. I use it to hold my microphone for streaming. One thing I was really disappointed in with this mount is the non-standard thread size for the microphone clip, hence the 4-star rating. I didn’t even look for this in the description, as it seems relatively absurd that they just decided to use their own proprietary size. This basically means that you have to use the microphone clip that it comes with. If you’re microphone isn’t a standard mic that fits this clip, like many types of condenser mics, this guy will NOT work for you.
For instance, I bought this microphone which doesn’t use a microphone clip, and instead has the screw built-into the microphone itself and found out the screw connection on the bottom of it won’t fit! This microphone has a standard size connection, but the boom here does not.
FIFINE TECHNOLOGY USB Microphone,Fifine Plug &Play Home Studio USB Condenser Microphone for Skype, Recordings for YouTube, Google Voice Search, Games(Windows/Mac)-K668
If you just search for “USB Microphone” and look at the list, pretty much everything in the top 20 there will not work with this boom because of that. What I managed to do it shove my microphone into the clip that came with this boom. It had to stretch pretty good and is probably ruined now for any other mic, but it works for me and the price was right.
On a positive note, the springs and boom and quite strong, stay pretty well in place, move easily etc. All-in-all it works great for me, but if I was getting it for any other reason or happened to buy a mic that simply wouldn’t fit, I would have been very disappointed with this one. So beware!
UPDATE: Ok, I was just doing some research after writing this review. It seems somewhat strangely common that these desk mic booms come with a 3/8″ screw connector like this one does. I’m a musician and I’ve never seen this type of connection before. I’ve always dealt with the 5/8″ connection, which has come with every mic I’ve bought. Some other booms I just looked up come with an adapter that you can screw into the boom to change it to fit a 5/8″ mic clip. Here is an example of one:
On Stage MA200 5/8-Inch Male to 3/8-Inch Female Mic Screw Adapter
. With this, you can attach a standard microphone clip. I’ve updated my review to 5-stars since this was my only complaint and seems to be easy to fix.
T. Tozawa –
I saw this microphone boom offered as part of a package with the Audio Technica AT2020 USB microphone. As I own one of the mikes, I thought it would be a good addition to my office. The boom arrived and was exactly as described on Amazon and took only minutes to set up. I have glass top desk, so I bought mounting pads and a plastic plate to protect the bottom of the glass. The top of the mounting is already padded with a spongy material that protects the top of the glass.
At first I as a bit confused as to how all the pieces fit together. If you look at the image of the boom, you see it comes with a plastic grip for a standard size microphone. The AT2020 is a bit larger so it won’t fit in the supplied grip. What makes this fit together nicely is that the threaded bar holding the plastic grip has the same thread as the mounting that attaches to the mini tripod that came with the microphone.
The steps I followed are as follows:
Remove the AT2020 from the mini tripod microphone mount (supplied with the AT2020.)
Unscrew the plastic grip from the boom.
Unscrew the microphone mount from the mini tripod (supplied with the AT2020.)
Screw the microphone mount (from the tripod) onto the threaded bar on the boom. The threads should match.
Attach the AT2020 to the microphone mount now attached to the boom.
Adjust the microphone and tighten the microphone holder.
Pros
1) The boom attaches easily to the desk surface.
2) The boom is sturdy and holds the weight of the microphone.
3) The mounting pieces fit nicely together.
4) The boom is high enough to hole the AT2020 away from the field of vision of my webcam.
5) Once mounted, the microphone works nicely.
Cons
1) The boom is attached to the desk mount with a thumb screw. This loosens if you move the boom around too often.
2) the threaded mounting bar is designed to pivot in place. This makes it hard to attach the microphone mount tightly This is not a drawback unless you want to pivot the microphone, it will unloosen from the boom mounting bar.
3) The boom is a bit flimsy (but more solid than I expected for $12.)
4) There aren’t good mountings or the microphone cable. I used black tie wraps to attach the cable to the boom. This suffices but is not optimal.
All in all, I get much more utility than the price I paid. I am happy with the results and would recommend this boom to anyone using the AT2020 for teleconferencing or online chat. I imagine that a suspension mount would isolate the microphone from the boom for a recording quality setup.
T. Tozawa –
This review is geared for Blue Yeti mic users. The consensus by other Yeti users seemed to be a mix of those saying it works and others saying the mic is too heavy. For $15 I took a chance and as you can see from my included photos it definitely holds the mic.
The mic stand is of average lightweight quality but the joints feel nice and sturdy and no tightening was needed at the main joints. Movement is solid and smooth and once you lock down the moving joints it’s quite sturdy. As you can see from my included photos it easily holds the mic at a 45 degree angle, vertical, and inverted with no noticeable sag (although it does have a slight play at the mic attachment point which doesn’t really cause much issue.)
The stand doesn’t have full swivel movement but it definitely has enough back and forth movement to adjust it to your liking. Take note that the stand itself is of a smaller size with the length of the arm from one joint to another at about 14.5″. Also the base where it clamps down opens to roughly 1.75″ so make sure that your desk isn’t overly thick. The stand does comes with an adapter so that you can mount the Yeti with no problems.
Overall, for the price it’s a great stand. Since it pretty easily holds the heavy Yeti, it should be even better for smaller, lighter mics (NOTE: I recently purchased the AT2020USB as well and it works well with this mic as well.) The main reason I purchased this was to get rid of the slight knocking noise the Yeti would pick up from my keyboard/mouse use and this stand has essentially eliminated this, even with the stand clamped on the same desk. Great stand, great price, would definitely recommend. As long as you don’t buy it with high expectations of a professional quality stand you should be happy.
Kevin –
The product is exactly as described in the listing, first of all, which is fantastic. What you see is what you get. The quality overall is quite good. There’s certainly better quality boom arms out there, but nowhere near this price range. This thing is fantastic for the price, is fully adjustable, and includes the 3/8 to 5/8 adapter if you have a microphone that doesn’t support the smaller 3/8 mount.
I use this boom arm with my Razer Seiren X and it works fantastically. I couldn’t have asked for a better boom arm at this price range. I also am using a Neewer pop filter, as seen in the image, and it is also working very well with this setup. There’s plenty of room to mount the pop filter to the boom arm with lots of room to adjust it in front of the microphone.
If you need a cheap boom arm, just to start out, or even just as a backup, this is one hundred percent worth the money.
Original Dec 2019, edited May 2021:
Still using this original boom arm to this day, now with a Røde Podmic microphone on it. It still holds up incredibly well and serves its purpose daily. Still does exactly what it should, works perfectly as it did when I got it. The Røde Podmic is an unusually heavy unit, and this boom arm, when tightened all the way, is still more than capable of supporting the weight of the Podmic in almost any position of the arm.
In short, over a year later, this boom arm is still one hundred percent worth the money.
palomalalala –
Buen producto
Gregg Lebovitz –
Funciona bien, yo lo uso con un Procaster y si lo sostiene bien, tal vez un microfono más pesado costaria un poco de trabajo pero es funcional y se seinte seguro
Lorenzo Petruso –
Great boom arm and it’s durable.