K&M 259 Low Tripod Mic Stand - Black Reviews

This stand works great for me when seated and using a mic for the guitar. Very strong, easy to adjust, etc.

I received 2 K&M 259s as part of a microphone package. I opened the boxes thinking, "yep another wobbly plastic microphone stand." I was pleasantly surprised when I noticed the weight of the box and sure enough they are born of METAL! These 2 little booms ended up being my favorite part of the mic package and I will be buying more! Everything stays in place, comes with cable clips that are simple and awesome, even the knobs are great! If you are tired of wimpy little plastic boom stands...these are for you !

K&M make a great mic stand. It's easy to adjust and the boom stays where you put it without falling down. Super quality .
Bruce G

This is the best mic stand I have owned and makes me feel like I need to upgrade my other mic stands.

I am very pleased with the quality of this mic stand. Its easy to adjust and maneuver and hold the mic without dropping down. At first I thought it was a little on the expensive side, but the quality is superior to other stands I have.

Bruce

We use this to mic up our snare and hi hat live. Highly recommend

Works fantastic for micing my kick drum. Will hold a Beta 52 without issue. Also works really well for micing guitar cabs.

This kick drum stand is very nice. Sturdy, well made and adjustable to no end. Great product!

bought two for the studio, and they do what what they do, very well....solid and reliable for placement of mics

Excelent quality. The size is perfect for recording my guitar in a chair. For vocals is small to me.

I have used K&M mic stands since the late 1970's. No other stand compares. Solid construction. It works and works and works. This low profile stand is perfect for those of us who sit while we perform. The boom stays out of the way of my line of sight to the sheet music on the music stand while I sit, play guitar and sing. This stand costs more than others, but is well worth the investment.

Well what's there to say? um.. it didn't fall over, and it is a nice shade of black!

Nicely built heavy duty.

Would I recommend this stand, or purchase it again? You betcha!

I use it for running the boom through a GuitARF to keep my dynamic mic in phase with my ribbon. Works great for that and for kick drums as well or mixing any amp / cab that's sitting low without using a full size stand / boom.

This stand can move just about any way imaginable and stays there. A+ in my book

Quality parts, Strong and durable. Not flimsy and cheap feeling at all. Great stand

Love using these stands. Especially to mic drums.

I bought this in a great package deal with an Audix i5. I want to confidence of having a good heavy stand to properly and securely support a good and somewhat heavy microphone.

sturdy, durable

I bought this mic stand to mic up my snare drum.

Its a high quality, very heavy duty mic stand.
Its low profile works perfectly for miking up snares, on top, or underneath.

It works well for miking hi - hats as well.

Does not get any better than this!

Bought a demo for a few dollars less. Excellent condition. Great stand and stability. Being used for guitar amp & acoustic guitar with a ribbon mic. Stable & secure. Worth the extra money, particularly if you're using expensive high end microphones.

Perfect for hi hats, snare, kik drum, guitar amps, durable & it don't move!

Needed a solid mic stand for my portable recording studio. This mic stand is sturdy, solid and collapses to become small enough to fit in my carry on roller bag along with my microphones, audio capture devices and cables. I was truly blown away how perfect it was for my needs.

This is a solid stand, period. Yeah, I agonized about paying that much for a short stand. However, after using a couple during a recording session, I decided these were the stands I wanted. I expect it to have at least three times the lifetime of the cheaper brand which offsets the cost. I'll be buying more.

Use it for sit-down acoustic guitar, where placement is crucial. This mic stand makes it Easy to target and hold a sweet spot. No wobbles anywhere . Love it so much I got a pair.

This is a solidly made little stand, and made mic positioning for my acoustic guitar recordings much simpler and more effective.

Has some weight. Solid. Shaved off half a point because I like my gear to be all metal and built like a tank. This is close. The few parts that are plastic feel dense, heavy, and solid. Not light and flimsy like cheaper stands. Not worried about breaking it anytime soon. This thing is perfect for placing microphones on guitar cabinets and the underside of a snare drum.

Worth it, go ahead and by this heavier one vs. the cheap stuff. Versatile for the studio and perfect for live mic on acoustic. Studio tight / road tough.

This stand seems well made and sturdy. The height is great for the intended application of recording my acoustic guitar while sitting in a chair. The finish is attractive and professional appearing!

Charles

nice, simple, solid lots of adjustment i use mine for micing my amps and drums its perfect for the task

I'll admit that compared to oterh stands this is indeed a bit pricey. On the other hand, I have very high praise for this stand. I bought this primarily because I needed something that would fit in a carry-on yet would be easily and quickly re-assembled at the gig; I was able to easily disassemble it and was surprised by just how little space this does occupy. Also, I wanted something that would afford me options in terms of setting the elevation of the microphone and still have stability.

Mind you, I used and use this to position a Neumann type KU 100 mannequin head microphone, which is rather massive (I think around 7 lb.), so that's why I specifically mentioned stability - pretty important with such a microphone mounted on it.

The tri-pod base is very helpful in this application because it allows the mannequin head microphone to be positioned slightly either side of the balance point and the stand not tip over. Of course, you have to respect physics and gravity (and this is without a counter-balance mass mounted on the boom), but this did a great job in allowing me some flexibility in microphone angle and orientation that would have been difficult with a stand of lesser build quality. With an optional counter-balance mass I can see how this could be very useful for massive mics (such as the KU 100) mounted horizontally, or if you were to use this as a camera platform.

I don't know that I would drop the coin for having every one of my mic stands of this build-quality, but in instances where you do need stability, physical articulation (i.e. to extend / angle the stand in unusual positions), or you have something atop the stand that is a bit pricey and delicate, then I'd defintiely say that these are worth it.

Construction is solid and the finish is first-rate. Adaptable to many mic situations. Definitely worth it.

Very good quality. Sturdy, solid build seems to isolate well from floor-borne vibrations. K & M is a little more expensive but while my cheaper stands need replacing, my K & M stands are barely showing wear. Buying cheap stands twice cost more than buying these once.

I got almost a year of moderate (mostly weekly) use from this sturdy mic stand. Unfortunately, someone picked it up improperly by the arm and it stripped the threads on the part shown that attaches the arm to the base pole. I'm looking for a replacement part now and hoping I don't have to buy a whole new stand because of one part. Be sure to pick this stand up by the base!

First of all, I gig ALOT. 6-7 shows a week. This stand was great, but the threading started to go on the boom after about 6 months, it was very wobbly. I ordered a new boom, and same thing happened after another 6 months, now the boom is holding by duct tape and I may try the Atlas Stand next since I thought this product would never break. Also, the Tripod legs lost their firmness awhile ago like most cheap stands, and the adjustor for the height isn't as solid as it was either. I think this stand would work great for someone who may "set it and forget it", but not built for hard gigging.