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Uncle Bulgaria · 9th Jan 2021, 10:11 pm

I've just got a Shure SM10A microphone and want to mount it on my Koss Pro 4AA headphones which have a screw for the purpose. I wondered if anyone had a spare boom bracket or if I'll have to fettle one up. I believe it was originally included in the microphone's accessories. I think it's just a plate with a hole for the screw on the spring clip the microphone uses to attach to its headband, and another for the thumbscrew clamp on the headphones. However, the photograph of this attachment method in the manual is too small to make out.

It has an XLR plug and I presume I'll need a preamplifier to run it into my computer, and provide an unbalanced TRS output. Has anyone got a fun circuit for this? Valves or solid state would both provide a suitable project...

9th Jan 2021, 10:11 pm	#1
Uncle Bulgaria Nonode Join Date: May 2016 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 2,335	Shure SM10A microphone boom bracket and pre-amplifier I've just got a Shure SM10A microphone and want to mount it on my Koss Pro 4AA headphones which have a screw for the purpose. I wondered if anyone had a spare boom bracket or if I'll have to fettle one up. I believe it was originally included in the microphone's accessories. I think it's just a plate with a hole for the screw on the spring clip the microphone uses to attach to its headband, and another for the thumbscrew clamp on the headphones. However, the photograph of this attachment method in the manual is too small to make out. It has an XLR plug and I presume I'll need a preamplifier to run it into my computer, and provide an unbalanced TRS output. Has anyone got a fun circuit for this? Valves or solid state would both provide a suitable project...