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Title: 5/8" spacers for stereo bar?
Post by: (Evan) on February 01, 2015, 04:07:26 PM
Hey guys. So I have this cheap stereo bar:

http://www.amazon.com/K-M-23550-500-55-Microphone-Bar/dp/B001G43G96/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422824697&sr=8-1&keywords=stereo+bar

I was wondering if anyone knows where I could find some type of threaded spacer to raise one of the microphones by about an inch? The mics mount level with the bar so I can't really do XY or ORTF, or much of anything at all.


Thanks
Title: Re: 5/8" spacers for stereo bar?
Post by: vanark on February 01, 2015, 04:44:02 PM
I used a 5/8">3/8" + 3/8">5/8" adapters coupled together to raise one side. Quick search on B&H came up with these,although tons of different brands out there.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?N=10305934

(http://static.bhphoto.com/images/images150x150/305934.jpg)

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/286147-REG/AKG_KM217_3_8_Female_to_5_8.html/prm/alsVwDtl

(http://static.bhphoto.com/images/images150x150/286147.jpg)
Title: Re: 5/8" spacers for stereo bar?
Post by: (Evan) on February 01, 2015, 04:52:13 PM
Thanks
Title: Re: 5/8" spacers for stereo bar?
Post by: BradM on February 01, 2015, 07:17:50 PM
Could you take one of the bar's mounts out, and re-thread it back in from the other side? That way, the mics would be at different levels, one above the bar, one below it.

Aloha,
Brad
Title: Re: 5/8" spacers for stereo bar?
Post by: (Evan) on February 01, 2015, 09:45:18 PM
Could you take one of the bar's mounts out, and re-thread it back in from the other side? That way, the mics would be at different levels, one above the bar, one below it.

Aloha,
Brad

Now why didn't I think of that??  :P

It does work, but is the vertical space (3+ inches) between the mics going to be an issue?

Thanks
Title: Re: 5/8" spacers for stereo bar?
Post by: bhtoque on February 03, 2015, 02:16:01 AM
What you are looking for is an Atlas AD-5B (female part) and AD-4B (male part)

They'll get you the spacing you need, and depending on how you thread them together and into the mount, you get a small bit of height adjustment.

JAson