Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

What were they thinking? Did they test this mic boom with an anvil instead of a normal mic? The springs that balance the position of the arm are SO INCREDIBLY STRONG that it is a physical impossibility for me to tighten down the brackets to create enough friction to create a stable, neutral configuration that holds the mic in place. I tightened it beyond what I thought was possible without breaking the damn thing, and the boom arm still extends and raises up. I simply cannot crank the knobs down tight enough so that it simply holds the mic in place where I want it. BTW, I am using an MXL 770 which I think is a fairly heavy mic to begin with. It's just absurd. I mean seriously, what were they thinking when they designed this thing. The usability is absolute garbage and my fingers are genuinely sore and throbbing after trying to simply balance this boom arm so that the mic stays where I want it. I am supremely disappointed. One other thing... the point where the mic attaches to the boom... once you tighten it down, there's no way to freely rotate the mic along it's axis! There is a locking nut that tightens against your mic to hold it in place, and once that is done, there's no way to adjust it. So, if your mic is slightly off kilter and needs to be realigned, you have to completely loosen it and try again. It requires trial and error to get the mic to be aligned straight up and down. And once you tighten it down, there no way to just reach up and adjust it without completely loosening it again. I mean, really? $100 and this is what we get? Nothanks. I can't return this thing fast enough. It's absolute garbage and I cannot understand how anyone could give this a good review. The only thing positive about it is the looks. And I guess that is a reflection on our society more than it is the functionality and usefulness of the item.