RODE PSA 1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm - 2024 report by Whydis

RODE PSA 1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm

Reviews by Features

Build

(28 reviews)
Money

(21 reviews)
Design

(20 reviews)
Quality

(109 reviews)
Range

(23 reviews)
Thing

(44 reviews)
Mount

(80 reviews)
Product

(100 reviews)
Weight

(34 reviews)
Stand

(64 reviews)
Boom

(95 reviews)
Mic

(92 reviews)
Arm

(195 reviews)
Adjust

(7 reviews)
Star

(9 reviews)
Radius

(16 reviews)
Squeak

(12 reviews)
Bite

(25 reviews)
Spring noise

(9 reviews)
Record

(6 reviews)
Grind

(6 reviews)
Version

(7 reviews)
Pop filter

(15 reviews)
Sound

(10 reviews)

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Reviews around build (5.00 of 5)

  • Sturdy, good build, excellent for what I needed it for which is to be a reliable mic mount.
  • Sturdy, portable, well built and the highest quality I've ever tested
  • This spring loaded swivel mount is of excellent build quality
  • This arm is sturdy and has a great build quality with two mounting options
  • Easy to mount, sturdy build and puts the mic where I want it
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Reviews around money (4.75 of 5)

  • Worth the money if you have a high end microphone I use the shure sm7b and it works amazing
  • Worth the money, very happy with it after months of heavy use.
  • All in all, Well worth the money if you want a solid boom arm
  • Worth the money if you have a high end microphone I use the shure sm7b and it works amazing
  • I din't spend $70 more just to waste the money I decided to buy this RODE PSA 1 Swivel after reading the reviews
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Reviews around design (4.69 of 5)

  • Another dumb design choice.-Arm sounds like metal on metal when moved and does not stay in place unless there is a certain amount of weight on it
  • I used this boom arm for a Yeti Blue with a Blue Radius II Microphone Shock Mount for Yeti and Yeti Pro with Improved Hinge Design - Blackout and a [[ASIN
  • The design makes it easy to keep clean, too, since there are no exposed springs.
  • The product very well made with an amazing design and worked perfectly with the Yeti Blue mic.
  • Very well thought out design that is aesthetically pleasant too!!
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Reviews around quality (4.50 of 5)

  • Bought one of those cheap $10-20 arms at first and didn't like the quality of it along with its exterior tension springs
  • The overall build quality of the arm seems sturdy though
  • My guests have also noted the poor quality - very embarassing
  • From what I can see from the experience of other reviewers, it looks like they have poor quality manufacturing of these products and that about 5% of them have this problem.
  • Little bit expensive for what it is, instructions were not in depth, no way to lock or adjust arm tension... but solid build quality and great mounting clamp
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Reviews around range (4.47 of 5)

  • limited range of motion
  • It has a good range of motion so that I can tuck it out of the way at my desk when not in use
  • Great range of motion, stays put with the mic onboard, easy to move to new positions.
  • Might also help vibrations as
  • Has a very good range of movement and is very easy to move.
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Reviews around thing (4.37 of 5)

  • Very disappointed after hearing so many good things about it
  • For 100.00 this mic mount is missing several things that you would find on anyone of the 15.00 mic mounts out there.
  • Odd thing is, I didn't hear it at first
  • this thing is built incredibly sturdy and works great clamped on to my desk!
  • Unpacked it, assembled it, the first thing I notice is a squeeking/grinding noise, I tried finding some way of adjusting
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Reviews around mount (4.07 of 5)

  • The RODE PSA1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm has been the perfect thing for my audio setup.
  • I am fairly certain that the mount is more solid then my desk
  • You might be tempted to go with a less expensive mount due to the price
  • Well worth the small investment in my opinion if you don't want to be constantly adjusting and re-adjusting a cheaper mount
  • Though this mount is considered expensive to some, it's not cheap, I'd rather pay for quality
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Reviews around product (4.03 of 5)

  • The product very well made with an amazing design and worked perfectly with the Yeti Blue mic.
  • I can't tell you how frustrating this is when I'm recording to have to stop and restart because this lousy product
  • Highly recommend this boom arm to whom ever is looking for a great product.
  • I love this product, and it's really, really good for the
  • He has been recommending this product to his friends who were looking for a mic boom arm that works for the Blue Yeti.
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Reviews around weight (4.03 of 5)

  • Holds the weight of the Blue yeti and Radius II shock mount very well.
  • Because of this, the boomarm arm is freely rotating by it self under the microphone weight around the axis ( very hard to put it in desired position), and middle/ jointed part can be moved +/-
  • They work great together and support the weight of the Yeti quite well .
  • and sometimes i hang my headset on it while im afk, it still holds the weight.
  • I use this arm almost every day, it works great, but does have trouble supporting the weight of a AKG P220.
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Reviews around stand (3.98 of 5)

  • The Mic stand was really awesome and good metal construction it feels really good
  • Loved this stand, it was exactly what I needed for my Blue Yeti mic
  • This is probably a good stand for a normal mic, but I went down the route of trying to mount a Blue Yeti to it.
  • I agree with several other reviews that the mic stand is loud (makes squeaking and popping sounds when moved).
  • Don't skimp out on a cheap mic stand for expensive mic and just buy this!!!
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Reviews around boom (3.77 of 5)

  • Top notch best boom arm, no complaints, highly recommend.
  • The mic is so heavy I was worried about buying a cheaper boom and having it
  • I bought a much cheaper microphone boom recently and was very disappointed with the attachment to the desk so it was returned
  • This is the greatest boom arm for radio, podcasting, and other desk usages
  • This arm blows away cheap desk-mount boom arms on Amazon
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Reviews around mic (3.77 of 5)

  • It's a very good mic arm however there are some things about
  • arm}Pro: It works significantly better then all the cheaper mic arms for my heavy blue yeti
  • He has his Blue Yeti Mic on this, and it works great for that
  • Pros-It's a mic boom arm that clamps well even on a thick table
  • cheaper NEEWER mic arm that I had considering it supports more and is much bigger.
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Reviews around arm (3.58 of 5)

  • All in all, Well worth the money if you want a solid boom arm
  • So before I review this let me say that this is an expensive boom arm
  • It's a very good mic arm however there are some things about
  • Other than that this is a great arm and does a wonderful job.
  • I found cheaper mic arms on-line, and here at Amazon, however, I read a lot of on-line reviews, and saw that this one was the cheapest in price PRO quality arm.
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Reviews around adjust (3.44 of 5)

  • Works as it should and has a great reach over my cluttered desk!
  • PL-2T Boom Arm, you won't be disappointed.
  • If I look at the silver piece of metal that sticks out, it looks like there is some brown coloring to it, and the bar grinds on it when moving, causing rough adjusting
  • I was stoked to finally get away from a standard mic stand; and it worked exactly as I'd hoped for the first several weeks with a Behringer C-1.
  • That works as it is intended to do so.
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Reviews around star (2.75 of 5)

  • I was stoked to finally get away from a standard mic stand; and it worked exactly as I'd hoped for the first several weeks with a Behringer C-1.
  • Missing a few velcro straps not worth knocking a star off.
  • Might also help vibrations as
  • but I'd like to see that fixed, and honestly not sure it deserves to knock a star
  • Works as it should and has a great reach over my cluttered desk!
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Reviews around radius (2.31 of 5)

  • Holds my blue yeti with the radius 2 shock mount perfectly!
  • I was stoked to finally get away from a standard mic stand; and it worked exactly as I'd hoped for the first several weeks with a Behringer C-1.
  • I have hung a Blue Yeti Pro, mounted to a Radius shock mount, and the Blue pop filter
  • and if you are using the Blue Yeti with the Blue Radius Shock mount I wouldn't use anything else other than this.
  • This arm works as it is supposed to and is a must have for adding a mic to your computer setup
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Reviews around squeak (2.23 of 5)

  • I was stoked to finally get away from a standard mic stand; and it worked exactly as I'd hoped for the first several weeks with a Behringer C-1.
  • I'd say I've had the product for about a year now, and after only a couple months of using it the springs inside started making a loud squeak while adjusting the arm
  • I have had this product for over a year now and it seems to have held up great other than the fact that when I move the boom, it occasionally creates an annoying squeaking sound that I would not expect from such a highly praised product (the squeak is not due to over-use, it happened from the day it came out of the box.
  • My new Guitar Center version doesn't have any of the incessant squeaking and only very minimal "grinding" -- totally acceptable
  • When I loved the NEEWER arm around, it made awful squeaks, pops and you could hear in the recording/microphone that the boom arm was being moved
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Reviews around bite (2.22 of 5)

  • I drilled it out approx 2 sizes bigger and put a normal screw and a long "nut" that comes with many household lighting/fanfixures for extension (so I had something to grip with pliers).Tightened that down fairly snug now I can move it around a good bit without it becoming loose anymore
  • It's a bit expensive for a mic arm but it's also the most popular mic
  • This one blows that out of the water completely and is a good bit bigger as well
  • It's quite a bit more expensive than similar desk clamp arms on Amazon.
  • Bit of a tip with the table clamp, use a bit of scrap cloth like a cut up washcloth folded in half
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Reviews around spring noise (2.18 of 5)

  • well I bent the screw in the vice
  • Upon purchase, the boom arm seemed to give off a slight 'Squeak'-ey spring noise which slowly got worse over the course of a week, but completely disappeared within the next after that and is completely silent
  • Just.... mind the spring noises.....
  • Worked exactly as I
  • Just got done re-recording a portion of a podcast 3 times thanks to the loud spring noise coming from this arm
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Reviews around record (1.95 of 5)

  • in place...does what it should, well made and strong, highly recommend, gives me no trouble while recording my podcast, The Mantour Guy Podcast.
  • If you're like me, and have a very limited recording space and need all the floor space you can get, this thing is amazing.
  • I am a solo acoustic s/s and have a cheap recording studio in my office
  • I looked around quite a bit and read several reviews and while this was the pricier of the options that I was looking at, based on it's great track record, I went with it
  • Not only will that ruin the recording, but likely damage the mic element
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Reviews around grind (1.87 of 5)

  • well I bent the screw in the vice
  • Many have complained about a 'metal on metal' grinding noise and/or a 'snap' noise when moving the boom
  • Terrible grinding noises
  • Worked exactly as I
  • On top of that It makes a horrible grinding sound which sounds like finger nails being ran across a chalk board
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Reviews around version (1.80 of 5)

  • Not like the old desk light versions where they slowly slide down or you have to tighten them till they break
  • Worked exactly as I
  • Do yourself a favor and just skip the cheaper versions.
  • well I bent the screw in the vice
  • There are cheap boom arms you can get for about $10, and they can't really hold much weight and didn't work for the Blue Yeti with a shock mount as a cheap alternative (I tried two cheap versions and both failed)
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Reviews around pop filter (1.74 of 5)

  • Worked exactly as I
  • well I bent the screw in the vice
  • I may have to buy the shock mount and pop filter just for this mount to work correctly
  • PL-2T Boom Arm, you won't be disappointed.
  • Blue Yeti microphone, with aluminum shock mount and pop filter in PERFECT position (even at angles) with no slippage no drooping and no problem
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Reviews around sound (1.54 of 5)

  • This is the 2nd unit I've received as the first one had a horrible creaking sound from one of the springs when adjusting the upper portion of the arm.
  • Looking back now, I realize my unit was probably defective and still is, I try not to move the arm at all because of how loud and uncomfortable the sound is and how stiff the motion is
  • All of these helped improve the quality, but nothing was able to get me the rich sound I was looking for
  • On top of that It makes a horrible grinding sound which sounds like finger nails being ran across a chalk board
  • the star I removed, my only issue is a clicking sound upon swinging it up and down, it's very minimal and again only happens when adjusting the
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