Perfect use for ORTF/XY mic placement with a stereobar. It's chunky and holds perfect a set of large condensers upside down. There are some cheaper K&M, Gravity ballheads but they have limited positioning options. The only downside for us europeans is the 5/8 thread. Yes, there's 5/8 to 3/8 thread adapters in the kit, but for such application I'd like to use less adapters as possible, since there's allways posibility to loose parts because of the vibrations of the heavy mics.