The base itself is a painted and highly textured die cast metal.

The casting of the base is a little rough, which doesn't matter in my case, but might be an issue on a desktop.

Even if it is a cheap sand-cast iron base out of China, they could have made a bit of an effort to have it not look like a grade school experiment

Base is nice and heavy cast metal, but is pretty rough sand cast.

Heavy cast iron U-shaped mic base for desktop placement, includes an 8-inch stiff, but flexible chrome-plated steel neck with standard screw-on type connectors at both ends, and an adjustable plastic mic holder