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Re: new (?) source for custom microphone mounts

Subject: Re: new (?) source for custom microphone mounts
From: elkhornson
Date: Sat Mar 18, 2017 1:25 pm ((PDT))
No shock mount option but if that is not important then definitely a good d=
eal. Look at their ORTF holder for Schoeps at $30. The one from Schoeps sel=
ls for $126 and is not a superior design by any stretch. =0D
=0D
The $35 price (plus shipping) is not all that bad considering making the mo=
ld to produce them probably cost the company over $3000 (more if they did n=
ot have it done in China) and a normal production run is usually 5000 units=
 at about $1 a unit for a net investment of $8,000 before they sold their f=
irst mount. This is why in part this is usually not done and instead the OR=
TF mic holders are made from multiple parts that can be used on multiple de=
signs and with a wide variety of microphones and more important, they can b=
e adjusted for ORTF or XY.




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