Pro mic stands (counterweighted)

[funtez]

There are others, but these kick serious micstand ass.http://www.latchlakemusic.com/

[kevinkace]

I picked up a couple of these off Amazon for $96 a piece. Seem pretty rugged so far, but might not be what you're looking for.
SB96+ | On-Stage Stands

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Atlas Sound - Product Category

[NB@VB]

Cheers guys!

That's more like it!

It might be 'sad', but there's nothing like confidence in a well built bit of kit, and mic stands are no exception

[mjrippe]

Not sad at all. When you're hanging your vintage AKG C24 over a drum kit you want to be confident!

[Bill@WelcomeHome]

K&M. I believe that LatchLake went out of business and was quite pricey to start with. I use the On Stage PosiLoks on most all of my mic stands, but the stands are K&M. The video guys turned me on to video production-type sand bags for weighting bases of long booms.

[Musiclab]

Originally Posted by Bill@WelcomeHome

K&M. I believe that LatchLake went out of business and was quite pricey to start with. I use the On Stage PosiLoks on most all of my mic stands, but the stands are K&M. The video guys turned me on to video production-type sand bags for weighting bases of long booms.

Latchlake's web site is still up, I think and hope you're wrong about that. It's a pricey stand that's unbelievably sturdy and kind of beautiful, for a mic stand. I have a mic king 2200 which I like very much. I also have 4 On Stage Studio Booms, two that Kevin linked to and two of the heavier triangle base stands.
They have been fine here.

[Matt R]

I've become a big fan of the Ultimate Studio booms. They have amazing lockable rollerblade wheels so they roll smoooooooth. I would buy K&M as well as Atlas too. My biggest concern with K&M would be sag in the boom arm. I've had a bunch of their normal stage boom stands start to sag with fairly low weights after a little while.