Sometimes you might have to sacrifice reality to go with the norm. Sometimes people have images in their heads of how something should look and if you stray too far from that, even if in reality it should it still effects the look of the model.

Even though in reality the base is correct, experience dictates it should fall over because of the size of the mic and the center of gravity. There are some situations where its best to use a more commonly recognized model with good textures than an accurate one with good textures.