Millenium DS150

Poor construction?

Generally it's OK. Not effortless to adjust, but since most of the time I only rotate it on the base it's fine. However.. One day it just "popped" and collapsed. Looks like it has a thin steel cable inside which pulls all sections together. It snapped at one end. As I said I hardly adjusted it over its life time. Used it little over 1 year.

Stability degrades over time. Otherwise very good arm.

Sturdy

Best mid range Mic Arm. Very sturdy for the price.

Solid construction, a bit stiff

Needed a cleaner setup for my NT1-A, it does the job really well. I can set it in any position and it wont fall. Only issue is that the arm, although very stable, is a bit stiff to maneuver, other than that its a perfect addition to the studio. plus the ability to hide cables.

Surprisingly good microphone arm for the price

This was good update for my old cheap microphone arm. Arm also contains adapter for 5/8" microphones, so you don't need to buy separate adapter for it like I did. Only negative is that the arm has a small creak when adjusting, but it is significantly less than the old arm used to have. Overall very sturdy

Performs above price

I use this mainly locked with a SE Electronics X1S and the Roadworx MSM 2000 shockmount.

Its a bit too snug around the knobs to get a good grip and they feel a bit on the low-end. And you can not lock the bottom swivel (I have not had any problems with unwanted movement though).

For the price I was expecting way less.

After tinkering with the screw inside the mount at the bottom I got the spring to cooperate, it holds the weight while locked and adjusts easily. Nice cabling with the duct on the back. The clamp means business and feels very sturdy.

Very pleased.

Is hard not to be impressed

I decided for this item, even there were no reviews about it. I just liked the clean design and price seem to be right.

In short: it's heavier than I though and feels extremely solid. No wonder, because arms are made of 30mm metal pipe! Bottom and middle knee have some quite strong spring built inside, which prevents the upper part (microphone) to just fall down while adjusting the position. Actually, quite some force is needed to move microphone downward.

Also worth to mention in case you don't plan to use it all the time: the stand wont's stay in folded position, because the spring is just too strong.

All in all, I'm happy with it. It looks really nice and does the job.