The comment about the Rode logo on the previous boom arm reminded me of something my dad did years ago (much to my mum’s horror). He took a Ralph Lauren sweatshirt with a huge logo on it to a disinterested sales assistant and asked her how much they were going to pay him for wearing it. He did have a point.
Looks awesome! RODE is terrible about giant branding on their products. Keeps them from looking professional. I've asked repeatedly to take it off their lav mic clips, hopefully this is a step in the right direction.
Wow... Going with the logo -- "Catch you on the next one." Love your stuff. I have the Rode Wireless Pro and the mic clips have the white branding. You WERE SO ON POINT. I wear a dark shirt to hide the mic and the branding shows up.
Summary at the end? That's new. I don't think $90 is outrageous or even crazy prices for a solid stand. I easily spent as much on the Elgato WaveArm LP and I haven't been thoroughly happy with that one. I recently moved so I've been using this really basic Gator Frameworks tabletop stand that's a bit too high for my liking. Saw another shorter stand at the music store but I might just go with this Rode because it's looking quite versatile. My biggest complaint with the Elgato was that it would droop with the EV RE20 (using the collar mic mount not the iso mount) and their wingnuts couldn't be torqued enough to hold it perfectly. Hopefully, the Rode will be better. Thanks Curtis!
@onocoffee I have had the Elgato WaveArm LP for over a year and have experienced the same issue regarding droop with...the Rode NT-USB mini. Just received the DS2 today and can attest to the better quality build/finish of the Rode stand. I’m not sure how much the EV RE20 weighs, but if it’s a bit more than the Rode NT mini, I can’t imagine having a similar droop issue with the DS2. Regardless of your choice of stand/arm, may your future be droop-free!
Thanks@@itsr7studio I appreciate the comment. I don't know if you've spoken to Elgato but the times I did the person I spoke do acted like I didn't know what I was talking about or couldn't understand that there's an issue. It was a bit off-putting. I'll have to check out the DS2!
I agree with you about the logo, Curtis. I like the logo and the name as well. When it is so in your face like that though, it's a bit distracting. Thank you Rode!
If you turn the middle part back over the base and the top part straight up, you can hold a RE20, Broadcaster, Procaster etc then mounted backwards to form a s shape it it totally balanced and will not tip. Would love to send you a photo.
I didn't buy several Rode product because in my mind the Logo is for free stuff! If your using the free version of say StreamYard then it puts it logo on there. I have a drawer of various colors of electrical tape to tape over logo. Remember I know NASCAR they get paid to wear that LOGO!
A’zon do these cable tidy rubber grips with a sticky back on for a couple of pounds for a small box. I have them on my desk. They do xlr size ones. Stick two on the back of the stand and voila.
Hi Curtis - very useful review - but I am not sure that the noise transmission 'test' is really showing how much noise is transmitted through the stand rather than normal sound waves through the air. To demonstrate this you would really need to hold the stand off the desk for a comparison - so if we could still hear the tap and keystrokes it would be normal air wave transmission. In any event the stand did not seem to to me to transmit a low frequency thud you would expect from bumping the desk. Any thoughts ?
This was a practical test. By that, I mean that 99.9% of people will place the stand on their desk and want to understand how much keyboard sound they're going to pick up overall. You are absolutely right that some of it is from regular sonic movement, and the other part is from vibration transmitted through the stand. This test assess all of that together. But you're right, if you wanted to know JUST the amount transferred sonically, one would want to completely isolate the stand from the surface on which the keyboard sits.
Hey Curtis! Thank you for the review! I would also like to welcome the idea of moving summary to the end. Personally, if I click on your video, that means I already interested in subject, so I’ll watch the whole video anyways. Thus skipping those summaries every time was a little bit awkward. I don’t know if your other viewers agree, but here was my thoughts anyways. Cheers!
Sorry to negate but I actually love the summaries at the start, again, I still always watch the videos all the way through but I find it helps me focus on your expert insights along the way
@@DiveInto I'm finding a LOT of people drop off the video when the summary is at the start and thus, RU-vid surfaces the videos less frequently so that they don't reach as many people. I'm going to experiment for a while - no final decisions yet.
Never felt there was a tipping risk with DS1 + TLM103, to be honest, unless you put it on a sofa or something, it feels like you need to bump it fairly hard to create a problem... More pivot points looks like an clear improvement though, with something like an old Aputure F7 you can build a fairly slick wireless desktop light for daily use (idea for video, I guess, about how to use video lights in everyday life - been doing that with PSA1+F7 and it worked surprisingly well for a couple of years now, but looked a bit ugly).
The problem with this stand is physics. The design of the stand gives an illusion of stability but it's not. Any stand with a rod in the center is much more stable: doesn't matter what the shape a stand has and how mic is connected to a base, the closer center of the mass of a microphone is to the edge of a base, the more prone it is to tipping over. Also, the higher this center of mass is, the easier it is to move it close to the edge and unbalance - it becomes a bigger lever. And if the base isn't heavy to balance a mic weight - like with this Rode stand - it will be tipping quite easily. So, basic physics make this Rode stand extremely unstable since a mic's center of mass designed to be rather high and at the edge of the base, and the base itself is too light to be able to compensate heavy mic weight. The stand is suitable for something rather light and not a proper heavy microphone unless one wants the mic to fall and be damaged.
I am not sure that your analysis is entirely correct - it depends where the main weight of the mic is relative to the edge of the base. In use this would be cantilevered to a point over the centre of the base even though the arm is fixed to the back edge. Of course a narrower base would make it more vulnerable to being knocked over sideways.
