![]() ![]() Additionally, while assembling the stand yourself, you'll gain an understanding and appreciation for how beautifully engineered and designed this stand is.Ī neat feature of the new stand is the pneumatic assist when you raise the height of the stand, which also keeps the boom under constant pressure, making operation safer – especially with heavier mics. With the easy-to-follow instructions stand assembly was a snap, including unpacking the many small boxes inside the two big boxes (which was a bit like the studio version of a Matryoshka doll). It turned out that I was worrying for no reason It only took about 30 minutes. ![]() I should mention that when the Starbird was shipped in two large, heavy boxes and required assembly, I waited until I had a few hours to tackle the assembly, as I was dealing with PTSD visions of assembling barbecues and IKEA furniture. While we're looking at the base, let's take a minute to admire those hospital-grade wheels, with foot-activated locks that keep the stand from moving once it's in place. Starting at the base and comparing it to our vintage Starbird, the newer unit takes up about 20% more floor space for increased stability, but first impressions can be deceptive as the newer unit has retractable legs that, when fully retracted, have a footprint that is 50% less than the vintage stand! So, depending on how much stability you need or if you're storing the stand, you can adjust its footprint to match your needs. In fact, every part of the new Starbird is pretty high tech despite the overall look still nodding to its vintage inspiration. As you get even closer, you'll notice the anodized aluminum quick release that adjusts the weight's position and looks like it belongs on a high-end mountain bike. From 20 feet away our vintage and new Starbird stands look similar, but as you get closer the first thing you'll notice is the much larger counterweight on the new stand. Music shelf magazine plus#But despite quite a few improvements, every part of the new Starbirds are interchangeable with the vintage Starbirds and the Manley versions of the stands, plus you can buy the parts individually to repair older stands that need work. Rather than make an exact clone of the original Starbird, the Triad-Orbit engineers decided to keep the basic look and the functionality of the classic Starbird while taking advantage of improved technologies and manufacturing possibilities. If you'd rather cut to the chase, I will say that I am infatuated with this stand it is a useful tool that will endure the test of time. We ended up buying one for Panoramic, and I wanted to share my thoughts on the stand and how it compares to our vintage Starbird. So, it's nice to see that the nice folks at Triad-Orbit have decided to re-launch the Starbird mic stand. Given their considerable size the Starbirds are surprisingly easy to move around the studio, with large wheels that also still work perfectly decades later after they were made. The Starbird stands will hold any mic – no matter how heavy and how high in the air you want to get them – without drooping. Compare this to your average mic stand, with a life expectancy of a few years before it's been stripped out, its parts start to break, and it joins its buddies in the broken mic stands part box in the corner of the studio. Every fitting and every part still work perfectly several decades after it was made. One such tool that gets used on almost every session here at Panoramic is our vintage Starbird mic stand. As a studio owner and working engineer, I enjoy the tools I own that have stood the test of time, are decades old, but still work as well as they did the day the were made. We unfortunately live in an age where many of the tools we use are poorly made, disposable, and destined or even designed to end up in a landfill. ![]()
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