The QTX 188.146UK is a Microphone Clip Thread Adapter for 5/8 inch to 3/8 inch. So you have a microphone clip that doesn’t appear to fit your Microphone Stand? Then you’re going to need a microphone thread adapter and that’s exactly what this little item is for. Microphone clips are the plastic mic holders that screw on to the top of a microphone stand and generally they come with a large internal thread which is known as a 5/8″ thread. This is great and generally lots of microphone stands have this 5/8″ thread on the top so everything just goes together perfectly.

However, there are some microphone stands that have a small threaded spigot that sticks out of the top and the thread is clearly too small for the 5/8″ size of the microphone clip. This smaller thread is 3/8″ size so your normal microphone clip will simply not screw onto this fitting. We’ve seen all sorts of fixes using BluTack and Gaffer Tape but the correct way to fix this is to use this microphone thread adapter with your mic stand.

So, how do you fit one of these? We find it easier to screw in the thread adapter to the bottom of the microphone clip first then screw the whole clip on to the top of the stand but it really doesn’t matter if you screw this on to the stand first and then screw the microphone clip on after. A good little tip for you is that when you screw in the thread adapter to the microphone clip it should be nice and tight but there’s no way you’ll have a flat blade screwdriver that big; that’s when you need to delve into your pocket and get out a 2p piece because that will fit perfectly and let you get a really tight fit into the microphone mount.