Hello, this is the Provoked Prawn, and this is the NZXT Boom Arm. This is a low noise, premium,
high quality boom arm from NZXT that is remarkably comparable to the Blue Compass.
It is as you can see, an interesting boom arm that you are able to manipulate into a number
of different positions with ease. You can see it here with the Blue Ember microphone. And in this
video I'm going to be talking to you about the highlights and features of this boom as well as
the set up process and a number of other things about it. This boom arm works with both USB and
XLR Mic. You can see the Blue Embers and XLR Mics, for example, in here, and it also has a number
of interesting highlights to it. I'm going to leave all the specifications in the description,
but for reference, you can get up to 31.5 inch maximum horizontal reach and 32 and a half
inch maximum vertical reach. It will also support up to 2.6 pounds , which is just over 1.7
kg in terms of weight, so it should support most microphone setups. NZXT has a capsule microphone,
which I'm going to be reviewing separately and I'll be using that boom for that process as well.
But in this video I want to just show you the set up and talk about the highlights of it. Now,
when I first got this out of the box, I was struck by just how remarkably similar this
boom arm is to the Blue Compass. The Blue Compass has been my mainstay boom arm for a long time.
I've used the Rodes PSA One and the Elgato Wave Mic arm, but the Blue Compass is still my favorite
and that is why I'm going to recommend the NZXT Boom arm as well because it's just fantastically
designed and feels very good in the hand. There are things that are highlighted it, for example,
you can see how the cable channeling system and a good solid build quality. There are multiple
adjustment points and on the underside and the base there is also a little tensioning screw
so that you can adjust the screw to sort out the tension. If you find that the arm is still moving
around. Once you've attached your microphone and have tightened up the various joints,
there are multiple joints in here with notches on them that you can adjust in order to get it
into the position you want and move it around. As you saw me doing at the beginning of this video,
you can see there's one just above the base. There's no one further up and there are others
too. Boom Arm comes with an adapter in the box so that it will fit with a multitude of microphone
cell and I'll leave all the specifications on the thread mounting systems in the description so you
can check those out. You can see that the standard threads are here. It's quite short. It should be
more than capable. There's a disc here that you can also roll up and tighten up if necessary. And
then the adapter, which will enable you to screw in microphones that require a thicker mounting
system. This is a pretty standard affair, but the little adapter is kind of plasticky, so it's not
as good quality as the metal ones I've seen with Blue Compass and other mic arm. However, it should
be good enough. You can see the installation process here screwing it in to the Blue Ember.
For example, you basically use a zap to attach it to the MIC's little tiny arm and then attach
it to the mic boom arm itself as well, and it's basically just a screwing process, so it's really
easy to set these up. These two threads should be enough for a multitude of boom arm. For example,
the Blue Yeti uses the larger thread as well. So I work really well with that. Once it's on,
you can then also use this system to adjust into the position you want into, depending on what sort
of microphone you have. The base mounting system is also very nice. It has the ability to go up to
5 CM in terms of the depth. You can see just how tall is and how sturdy looking is again comparable
to Blue Ember's, and it will fit nicely. I have a 40 millimeter deep desk set up here, so it's quite
thick, big chunk of wood, but you can see it just attaches into there really easily the arm itself,
then just simply drops into the base. There's a little sticker on the bottom to remind you that if
you need to, you can tighten up that screw on the underside to adjust things. But the setup process
is fairly straightforward. You basically just need to screw and unscrew the various points
and then manipulate the mic arm into the position that you want it into. Don't panic
if you find it just flying about a bit before you even stored your mic in there. Putting the
mic on does make a difference in terms of how you can manipulate it, and it makes it a lot easier.
Now. When I first got this out of the box, I did think that the cable channeling system didn't look
big enough to hold an XLR cable, but I'm pleased to report that it has managed to conceal mine
quite easily. There's basically a couple of plastic clips that come off and sit over the top
of the cable channeling, and then you can run your cable under there and then put the covers back on,
and you can obviously still have enough space in there to be able to manipulate the cables to
get them into the right position. So if you need extra length at one end or the other,
it's really easy to do without having to pull the channeling apart. Once that's in place,
you can then once again adjust it and put your mind on the end of the set up so that it will be
in the right position for you when you need to do your recording or streaming process. Once again,
this arm will manage up to 2.6 pounds in terms of the maximum weight that you can put in. I'm
going to try a number of different microphones in the future on it, including the NZXT Mic,
which obviously is designed for but you can see it works quite well with a blue Ember which isn't
particularly heavy and so it's nice that it's still able to adjust into so many different
positions. You can see that it's quiet in doing so, it doesn't spring or bounce around too much
either. So it's going to absorb a lot of the potential sounds that might otherwise end up going
into the microphone. But more importantly, it's easy to get close to you when you need it and then
just as easy to get out of the way when you don't or if you're moving around a lot for some reason
during the recording process or in streaming, it's really easy to just toss about and then to adjust
and keep it in that place. It's not springing around too. So this is a fantastic boom arm and
well worth considering. It isn't cheap, but it is a good quality design and a very nice option.
This has been the perfect one. Let me know in the comments. If you've got any questions, be sure to
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