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(More customer reviews)The first pair of stands I bought (from Amazon also) were the same price, but much flimsier in quality. I guess they were better for really light, mini, plastic htib speakers. I'm using Sony SS-B1000 bookshelves, which are larger and heavier, so back they went. These are of a more industrial design, and are perfect for my speakers (these stands claim to handle up to 30 lbs).
Unlike the first pair, these came completely assembled. They arrived neatly boxed and unharmed. The shipping was quick and non eventful.
They aren't the prettiest for in home use, but that's not an issue for me at all. There are plates at the top with 4 holes at the corners to screw your speakers to the plates. Right there, their use is limited because if you have really nice expensive speakers, you're probably not about to drill holes into them no matter how great the stands are. But for $50.00 a pair Sony's, I'm willing to drill. I guess you could use double sided tape if you really wanted, but then you'd have tape glue on your speakers, and I wouldn't trust that the glue might not dry out or a firm bump to the stand might not knock them off.
A small issue was that if I attatched the speaker flush to the plate, I wouldn't be able to run the wire down through the center of the pole. So when I went into the hardware store (carrying one speaker and the top of one stand)to have the hardware guy sell me the correct screws, I also had him sell me 16 rubber washers to raise the speaker about 1/2 inch above the plate. (Each corner got 2 washers, stacked). I was kind of dreading trying this approach because I was sure the washers would fly out when I tried to pass the screws through, or something else wouldn't work.
I had a friend drill the holes into the speakers for me, and voila-the washers didn't fly and the wires were passed through the poles effortlessly. Now they're perfectly sitting on top of these stands looking clean as a whistle. The bottom plate is raised from the floor with rubber feet, so the wire passes out fine. My Sony SA-W2500 sub sits on the floor next to the left stand completing the sound.
If you want to try this, just remember to remove the plastic cap on the bottom of the top tube so the wire can go through.
The locking knob works fine, but it's just a plastic knob on a screw, so I wouldn't use more strength than necessary when tightening it. They're stable enough for my little bookshelf speakers in my home (they're raised up) but I don't think you could raise 30 pound speakers with them. Maybe if the 30 pounders were on them unraised, they'd be fine.
So I removed a star because I had to modify them to run the wires through. However, I would reccomend these stands as a good choice for 30 bucks if you don't mind drilling your speakers, and don't mind the commercial design. Perfect for casual environments such as a dorm or a bachelor pad, using less expensive speakers.
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