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wow. how surprising to read these answers! I checked out this topic out of curiosity, but I'm surprised. I'll have to check into metal ones again some day.
But for me, the studio standard has ALWAYS been nylon, more often than not custom built or expensive types with a very thin wire loop rather than a thick plastic hoop as someone else commented on being a possible audio problem (although I've never noticed any problem with that design either). Nylon has always been the one to use in my lifetime, and it works really well unless you've got a problem with the mic/singer/booth/nylon itself (might have holes poked somewhere).
Making them yourself is cheap cheap cheap unless you never get out and get laid, just take your lady's junk nylons and put the leg part and stretch it over your home made hoop (carefully bent coat hangers work well) and voila. Attach it to your mic stand (duck tape does the trick, lots of it) and have at her. Now if you decide to spend money, you get a nice versatile clamp. I like the clamps. But the home made variety has worked on most of the albums you listened to growing up. The rest probably used foam wind screens over the mic head (but I find that reduces highs more and doesn't help with positioning the singer at the right distance from the mic like a well designed hoop can).
One man's opinion. Like I said, I'll try a metal one sometime, never bothered to deviate from the norm on that point.
Cheers,
Don
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