I'm so pleased with this great-looking and feeling boom arm. My desk is a big farm table so I needed this kind of length to be able to attach the boom to the back. Most booms are much shorter. The materials feel luxurious. This is an excellent deal. You want a boom arm to be sturdy so your mic position doesn't slip. It swivels just fine and stays put. If behavior changes, I'll update the review. Rarely does equipment work this well right out of the box.

The first thing I noticed is that this arm is built like a tank. It is extremely solid. However, the joints are a bit stiff when it comes to moving the arm around.

Another plus is the height of it. At 48, It will not go over a 32 monitor, but over anything else. You can strap it to the back of your desk instead of the side.

Great arm to invest it! I just wished it came with more velcro strap to help with cable management (You only get 2: 1 on top & one at the bottom).

Good tension and great price!

The arm holds my very heavy Rode NTV Tube large diaphram Microphone with ease. It stays right where its needed in every position that I place it in. Great swing arm. I studied the reviews on several different and more expensive swing arms and settled for this one. I'm glad that I did!

Had it for almost 2 weeks. I like it.

Easy to assemble, high quality and really moves well. My favorite feature is the height/lenght. It has the ability to reach up over a monitor or from of to the side of a very wide desk. super pleased I got this one!

Did a lot of research on quality boom arms with a LONG (48) reach. Decided on the Samson MBA48. B&H had the BEST price anywhere so ordered. The arm has exceeded my expectations in every way. Super happy with the purchase and the service I received from B&H. An easy 5 stars!

What I had before was a cheap boom arm, only about 24. It was pretty terrible. It didn't have the strength to hold up my Samson mic and it was nearly impossible to get it out of the way when I don't need it.


This boom arm is perfect...or as near as I could expect. The 48 are enough that I can position the mic ABOVE my arm-mounted 27 monitors and it will even hold my mic out of my line of sight. It IS a little stiff, but that's okay if it means it can stay in position, even if it gets bumped. It looks pretty sharp as well, unlike the cheap boom arm I had.

I bought this particular arm because I needed a lot of reach, which it has, but it also turned out to be sturdier than I expected. Some reviews complain that the joints are stiff, but to me that's a feature. If you need to do frequent adjustments this might be an issue, but if you want to set once and forget, you should be happy with it.

This is a really nice arm, and I would expect that given the price. The movement is smooth, its easy to attach a cable to, and has survived my kids moving it all over the place. It comes with two different mounts (clamp and screw-on) so there is some versatility in what you can do.