Microphone stands provide support to lots of different sizes and shapes of microphones. It gives freedom to performer to free up their hands to play an instrument,hold copy to read,move around on stage while performing or to keep away the microphone from the sound sources which may cause distortion.

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The basic mic stand is called as a "straight stand". There are various version of straight stand,known as the "desk stand" and heavy duty mic stand which is meant to handle heavy microphones. A popular version of straight stand is folding tripod base stand. This folding base allows for easier packing of the stand when moving to location to location and reduces the weight of the stand.

The "Boom Arm" can be attached to the top of the stand in order to allow the placement of the microphone in the horizontal plane. The Boom Arms are in both fixed length and adjustable length.

Another type of Microphone stand is the "Goose neck". It is made of a twisted core of spring steel which allows finite adjustability in microphone placement.