The TLM-170s have a built-in shockmount system, as well as swivel and tilt, the downside is that you cannot rotate them on the vertical axis. I see that you are actually swinging your mics around, so that the distance from the thread to the pole is less important to you. Do the clamps screw the thread in from the bottom, or is it a fixed thread, that you screw the mic down onto? Thanks for answering all of these questions. +T again.