On-Stage MY500 Stereo Microphone Bar, Black

There's a fair chance that the On-Stage people are from another planet. Well, ok, a certainty.. they are not humans. Not from "around here". Just like IBM in the 60s, even that whole "index finger longer than middle finger" thing. I couldn't keep that in... boy, I do feel better now.Like us, they're "mostly harmless", and other than their talents for interstellar travel and secrecy, they're exactly like us. Well, ok, they killed all the Republicans long ago, and enjoy a world we'd all (ok, not The Nuge and his acolytes... I'm thinking most of humanity) think of as a paradise.Anyway.. the issue of their last war was over microphones (ok, sure, stupid.. but less stupid than killing soldiers, civilians and kids over minor differences in your vision about imaginary big daddies in the sky, eh?). At the conclusion of that war, they struck a landmark compromise... every existing mic stand would now accept both condenser and dynamic mics, at the very same time (stereo was not an issue... these guys only have one ear, but it's a crazy big one right in what we'd call our foreheads).Once they got that star travel thing going, their main reason for continued existence became spreading this new technology. Here it is... one of the cheapest products of interstellar commerce you can find (ok, not as cheap as the "Big Mac", but at least the parts are made here on earth... eating the alien equivalent of the sink bug just never appealed to me, despite the weird fact we find it tastey... only known civilization that does).I have personally tested this device, and it does actually hold THREE microphones. Hold them well, they just don't fall off. And I bet you were expecting just two. This model is not available on the Onstage home planet, as they're worried it might start another 1,000 year war.

Good

I am using these to mount 2 conga mics on one stand, and also to mount stereo overhead mics. They attach solidly to the mic stand, and the threads are good quality for attaching mic clips.Note that you will probably want to tighten them before the first use. The pivot point under the bar was loose enough that they could not stay in position when fresh out of the box. It just takes a common screwdriver to tighten, and you're back in business.

Good quality

I purchased a matched stereo pair of sE8 mics and used the included stereo mic bar to attach them to. It did not fasten to the mic stand- but rather sat on a “nub” which allowed for easy swiveling. I did not like that feature, so I purchased this On Stage mic bar. It fastened to the mic stand exactly the way I wanted and holds the mic pair sturdy. I am very pleased.

I'll leave my original review, but after playing with this I feel I should revise (and add one star to be fair.) This bar is okay for ORTF and XY when using a shorter pencil mic. My (small) oktavas work fine, but larger peluso pencil mics don't work on it at all (not the stereo bar's fault, so I can't assign blame.) As for the weak tilt, that can be fixed by removing the entire mount and just screwing the bar directly to a mic stand--be aware that it's just a steel bar that has been threaded, so it's really easy to strip. It's also easy enough to combine two of these to create a larger bar. Here's a tip on getting the mic mounts attached: if you twist the knob while holding the mount stationary it's easier to get it snug. Leave the mount about a 1/4 turn from where you want it, and once it's snug, turn it to where it needs to be.For my larger pencils and ribbons I am using a short (~18 inch) boom extension with drum-mount clips to hold my suspension mounts, it's substantially heavier but provides the flexibility to use different stereo configurations ... X/Y, ORTF, NOS, M+S, and Blumlein, all with one mount (and it didn't cost a fortune like many of the stereo bars that offer that flexibility.)-----Original review ...Three problems:- The bar is very short. Too short to get two pencils properly aligned in X/Y without the mic's pointing significantly out of vertical alignment, and forget about ORTF.- The mounts don't rotate freely, meaning getting your mic clips or suspension mounts tight and in the correct alignment is, while possible, not easy.- The tilt adjustment is secured by a brass screw that goes into a plastic part. It doesn't hold very well.Definitely a case of "get what you pay for". I don't know what I expected for under ten bucks, but I won't be using this at all.

This worked perfectly for me. I needed to mount two mics to one stand for space saving purposes. The mics will never be used at the same time so it doesn't matter to me that they may be too close for a stereo recording. I use each mic on a different computer. Therefore having them right next to each other makes it easy for me to record my tutorials OR live stream and talk into either mic as needed.My only wish is that there should be a better way to tighten the main screen in the base. The weight of the mics makes it hard for them to not drop down. I have to lean it all the way up and tilt the actual mics down. Otherwise, I'm happy.

Mine had grooves at the base of the threads, so the knobs can spin freely and I was able to tighten the mic clips right where I need them for X/Y (with a one-inch spacer for vertical offset of one). I also removed the mic-stand attachment in favor of a camera-shoe mount (WindTech CM-57), which gave me a lower profile, and since my mic-clips are adjustable, I don't need another tilt adjustment. It's the perfect spacing for stubby small-capsule condensers in X/Y.It's thin metal, roughly finished with black paint, and typical why-spend-a-lot "on-stage" brand quality, which I anticipated going in. But this is actually replacing a 5x more expensive Rode stereo bar that was bundled with my M5 mic pair. (See the attached photo.)