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hollywood_steve · 3rd July 2002

I'll direct this to Bob, but I'd be interested to hear from anyone who was around "back then." If you look through the old catalogs, top quality stands used to be a common item. In addition to the fabled Starbird, RCA used to offer several amazing stands as did Neumann and even Atlas used to offer the BS100 which looked heavy duty enough to hold an old tube TV camera on its boom. Now any company that offers mic stands just sells re-badged Atlas or K&M stands. When did somebody decide that $29.95 guitar store mic stands were all anyone needed? Or as the Manley website hints, all of those old stands are still out there and the big studios haven't had to buy any stands for 40 years?

Just wondering what happened?

3rd July 2002	#24
hollywood_steve Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: uh..... Hollywood Posts: 1,242 Thread Starter	my new boom I'll direct this to Bob, but I'd be interested to hear from anyone who was around "back then." If you look through the old catalogs, top quality stands used to be a common item. In addition to the fabled Starbird, RCA used to offer several amazing stands as did Neumann and even Atlas used to offer the BS100 which looked heavy duty enough to hold an old tube TV camera on its boom. Now any company that offers mic stands just sells re-badged Atlas or K&M stands. When did somebody decide that $29.95 guitar store mic stands were all anyone needed? Or as the Manley website hints, all of those old stands are still out there and the big studios haven't had to buy any stands for 40 years? Just wondering what happened?