Donny: No it's a sleeve that fits inside the X stand tube and when you tighten the large thumb screw it expands indide the x stand to lock the mic stand in place. If you look closely you can see the join between the two tubes.
Col
Col I am interested but I need to see the inside part that expands before I continue and possibly get one....remember I have a Ultimate IQ3000
with 1 1/2" tubes not the 1" shown here. wonder if it would work.