Ambient Dipstick
The dipstick is an add on accessory for the Quickpole booms and although only 60 cms long allows an ENG recordist to boom over the head of a cameraman or get round corners allowing one to get nearer the action. The flange can be set to any angle and can be folded back on the boom or removed when not required.

Ambient QL570CM Boompoles
The Booms are made with a lighter 1mm wall thickness woven carbon fibre tubing. The aluminum screwlocks have been reduced in size. The booms are still very strong and can stand up to the rigors of video ENG work. They are available in 4 or 5 segment versions allowing longer booms to fit in flight cases. These booms have been optimized for weight without sacrificing any of the engineering quality seen in the standard range.

Ambient QP470 Boompole
The Booms are constructed using high modulus carbon fibre tubing with 1.5mm wall thickness, giving increased stiffness at lengths over 5 meters. Due to the wall thickness and one carbon fibre crosswinding, the tubes are very strong in the compression mode and can be stood on without breaking. The booms are available in standard lengths with 30 mm dia. outside tubing. A 35 mm dia extension is available for the long boom, and for the small ones if they are to be used in a Manfrotto stand. The extension has the added advantage that it can be extended like the other segments. The extension is fitted like an extra segment and can be left on the boom.

Lightwave GT10 Boompole
The GT-10 is Lightwave Audio Systems' new, strong 5-section aluminum boom pole designed for broadcast and all other users. The pole is robust enough for the ENG market and priced to be attractive to all users. The GT-10 provides the quality of a far more expensive pole.

PSC Elite Boompoles
The Elite series of boom poles from Professional Sound Corporation represent a no compromise design based on our vast boom pole experience. All Elite boom poles were in essence, designed by you, our customers. The design is a compilation of more than 22 years of customer feedback and suggestions. Each pole is hand crafted in the USA from the finest materials available.

The Elite series of boom pole tubes utilize a blend of super high modulus carbon fibers that are precision wound to our specifications by the top carbon fiber specialists in the U.S.A. These high tech tubes provide a delicate balance of strength, stiffness, torsion rigidity and low handling noise. Hundreds of hours went into the design of these carbon fiber masterpieces. After winding, each tube is impregnated with the highest quality resins available and baked under tight, computer controlled temperature and humidity conditions. Each tube is then painstakingly ground to the highest aerospace tolerances.

Elite Poles for Elite Users

K-TEK Boompoles
High density graphite fiber selected for maximum strength and minimum weight. Unique pole top features, cable retaining slots and a replaceable stainless steel threaded mounting stud. Coupling designed for maximum holding power with a minimum of torque applied.

Gitzo Microphone Boompoles
Aluminum alloy construction for reliable performance. Rubber grip surfaces for reducing handling noise. Includes microphone cable portholes and a reversible 1/4-20" and 3/8" mounting screw.

AMBIENT BOOM POLE ACCESSORIES
FLOATER SUSPENSION: The Floater is a membrane suspended acoustic decoupler that fits between the boom end and the windshield and which effectively soft suspends the windshield assembly thus blocking handling noise. The Floater is especially useful when booming with Stereo M/S mikes where noise pickup can be enhanced by the side mike of an M/S stereo pair, or to reduce floor noise reaching a mike on a stand. The Floater is constructed of ABS black plastic and aluminum and contains two specially constructed weather resistant rubber ring membranes. The construction is very light and totally enclosed, avoiding whistling sounds in high winds.

RYCOTE ADAPTER: This very short flange allows the floater to be positioned very near the windshield reducing bending moment. It can also be used as a general mount for windshield combinations.

QUICKLOK Quick Release Tip: The Ambient "Quicklok" quick release tip for microphone assemblies is the first professional snap connection available which makes a rigid rattle free joint and has a self locking and self locating action. The unit is a precision mechanical device but is very robust. The mechanism can be described as a taperlock where a taper stub (screwed to the microphone assembly) is inserted into a tapered hole through a butterfly opening which is twisted until the stub fall into place. Removal is by twisting the outer sleeve. The Quicklok fits onto any 3/8" thread as encountered on all microphone booms.  

DIPSTICK articulated boom segment: The dipstick is an addon accessory for the Quickpole booms and although only 60 cms long allows an ENG recordist to boom over the head of a cameraman or get round corners allowing one to get nearer the action. The flange can be set to any angle and can be folded back on the boom or removed when not required.

TWISTER Stereo Swivel: The Twister allows the mike assembly 2 angles of rotation, allowing a stereo mike to be adjusted with the left right axis horizontal whatever angle the boom may have. This ensures that the left right sense of the sound is preserved.

MIKE LINK: This swivel is used for mike assemblies on the jumbo Boom and ensures that the mike assembly always hangs vertically independent of the boom angle. When the jumbo is vertical, the mike assembly still hangs vertically and is held away from the boom.

STEREO BAR: This is a simple bar with sliding screws where two or more mikes can be mounted. It has a centre 3/8" thread for mounting to the mike link.

K-TEK BOOM POLE ACCESSORIES
K-QC: The K-Tek microphone quick connect system is designed to attach to any device using a 3/8" - 16 thread, not only K-Tek boom Poles. We assume that many K-Tek boom pole owners also own poles made by other manufacturers as well as other microphone support devices. A quick connect system must, therefore, be universal. The K-QC is the basic quick connect unit. It attaches to the 3/8 stud on the end of a boom pole and is locked on with a 3/8 nut for security. The K-QC consists of the attaching section with its lock nut, a dimpled collar with its collett and one 3/8 mounting spud for a microphone. 

K-FT: The K-FT flow through foot has a slot four inches long to allow long cables to flow smoothly. It should be use with the K-Tek K-202 and K-251 and may be practical on a K-152 as well.

K-FTS: The K-FTS (S for Stubby) has a slot only 1 3/4 inches long. This makes the unit much shorter over all but may allow a bit of binding with very long cables. The K-FTS was designed for the K-56 and K-102 poles and is adequate for the K-152 when it is desirable to keep the over all length to a minimum.

K-CCR: The K-CCR is electrically identical to the K-CC but the XLR connector comes out on the side and the mushroom base attaches to the end. With longer poles this allows the operator to rest the pole on its base between takes without damaging the wiring.