It's an excellent stand. Very well made and sturdy. The description says the base is 17 lbs, but the box says it's 16. Either way it's heavy enough to support my condenser mic -- a Neumann TLM 103 with a suspension mount.Like many other musical stand products I have purchased -- both cheap and expensive -- the knobs on this pricey mic stand are plastic. The shaft with threads is metal. But the knob itself is plastic.The knobs are the points that get the most use and, being plastic, will eventually dry out and crack. It's not like a knob on a guitar or amp that just gets moved to a particular setting. Mic stand knobs get twisted hard to apply pressure so that the position of the stand does not move.The plastic does appear to be harder and more solid than what I have seen on cheaper stands. Still, at this price, for such a nice stand, plastic knobs seem inappropriate.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]