Kick drum stands are great for smaller mics... an active setup, or a set of typical SD pencil mics (AKG460, etc). If you start clamping 2 or 3 set of mics on there, or have something heavy like a pair of ADK-TL's, I use a small tripod... I think it's intended for micing a guitar cabinet or something. Min height is probably 18" and max height is probably 36". I typically shoot for about knee high on the musician, and nobody has every complained.