VIVO Boom Arm: VIVO Pneumatic Spring Arm Stand-Mic01

Having used RØDE PSA1 boom microphone arm for several years, I felt it was time for an upgrade to something more suitable for me. The RØDE PSA1 is a good boom arm for desks more suited to its use. The VIVO boom arm Stand-Mic01 is a lot more flexible, easier to store away when the microphone is not in use and due to the ability to swivel direction due to the middle joint there is greater flexibility of use.

The VIVO pneumatic spring arm was pretty heavy, it is made mostly of solid construction with some plastic parts, is very sturdy and pretty simple to construct to setup with options of either using the parts to drill fit into the desk or using the clamp which I personally prefer.

The problem with the style of boom arm such as the RØDE PSA1 is the lack of flexibility, whilst you can swivel it around, the main arm is intrusive and fixed between pulling out or swirling around. This is unfortunately restrictive and is better used for desks where it can attach to the back of the desk.

The VIVO boom arm, however, is flexible enough to attach both at the back of a desk or even to the front like I have and because of its low profile, it is not intrusive.

RØDE are a great company and my microphones are all made by RØDE as I fully trust in their excellent brand for affordable quality microphones. My RØDE NT1a came with the shock mount so was simple enough to screw onto the VIVO pneumatic boom arm. You can buy a shock mount with the VIVO Stand-Mic01 which is optional.

Overall, for the price, I'm impressed with the quality and this allows me to also store my microphone away neatly without the arm getting in the way.