I suspect I am going to start something of a holy war with this quesiton, but I've been trying to track down a microphone stand -- or something that could be used as one -- that is fairly portable (i.e. folds up to be carryable, i.e. less than 5 feet long), and that can get up to 7 or 9 feet without a boom (for low visual profile). I'd need a stereo/T-bar on it to pull the "omnis with a jecklin" trick.
The more portable it can get, and the smaller (or least intrusive) the footprint, the better.
Someone has mentioned the Manfrotto stands and having seen a small 7 footer, but the only one I could find had a price tag around $1000 which is... well, not an option.
I'm in Canada, if there happen to be any Canadians here with an idea of a good supplier in the north.