Topic: where can I find XY/DIN mounting hardware???

[mikesalvo]

looking for some hardware here. Ive used the same T Bar since day 1, and i want to start messing around w/ some different patterns.  Ive seen the Shure mount, but Ive heard complaits about the distance between the caps. Can anyone help point me in the right direction, or better yet, dust off someof your old hardware that you dont use anymore and sell it to me.

thanks ya'll! I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season!

~Mike

[stevetoney]

The hardware you want to get kinda depends on the mounts that you have.

The vark bar is a good starting point...

http://www.posthorn.com/Macvk_4.html

Then there's the popular Shure vert bar...

http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/Products/Accessories/us_pro_A27M_content

Lots of people enjoy using the AKG mounting bar...

http://www.fullcompass.com/product/299818.html

And I've used this Sabra Som bar with plenty of success.

http://www.sabra-som.com/detalhe_produto.php?pag=p&cod_prod=ST2&lang=3


All of these are good starting points, but the first two provide the added benefit of giving a vertical offset so that you can mount your mics in X-Y coincident.  On the other two mounts, you need to improvise a little bit in order to get the mics offset.  With the sabra-som, I found a 2 inch adapter at the local guitar center with 5/8in female on one end and 5/8 inch male on the other.

Note that you mention that some have complained about the Shure mount.  You ability to get true 17, 20, and 30 cm spacing is as much a function of your mounts and mic size as it is the hardware.  There's no 'one size fits all' hardware solution.  If there was, then everyone would buy that one solution. 

So what you need to do is buy something that is most versatile for your needs and figure out what will give you the most options for providing the exact spacing required.  The people that bitch about the Shure bar most likely just don't have shock mounts that are adjustable enough to give them the spacing they need/desire.  IMHO, this isn't a function of the Shure bar being a poor design, as much as it is a function of poor knowledge or advance planning that the people have that the hardware will put their mics in the proper configuration.

I also have the Shure vert bar and I think it rocks...but there are times when it's just not the right mount for a specific setup.

Hope this helps.

Steve

[busterr]

Tonedeaf gave you some excellent starting points there...here's an ebay link to a cheap vark bar: http://tinyurl.com/2j69fa
That guy almost always seems to have a few for sale dirt cheap($10 or less), I believe they usually run about $40-$50.
I myself have zero experience w/ any of the options listed, because I have always crafted mounts myself out of hardware store items to suit my specific setup needs, but finding a cheap solution like the vark bar would be a great way to go(very similar to some of my diy projects). The 1 1/4"-2" riser on the one side kind of like what the vark bar has is key to getting XY..and ortf, din-a for that matter on a flat T-bar. Alot depends on your particular mics and shockmounts/mic clips though so just choose what you think will work for particular situation.
Wandering through the "rig pics" section of the board and seeing some of the different options with mounts and mics attached may help to narrow down things down a bit.

[mikesalvo]

+t all around guys. thank you much for the insight. looking into my options.

hope everyone had a great holiday season!