Sanus - Speaker Stands (Pair) - Black

Pros: - Come with rubber feet or carpet spikes for wood floors and carpet respectively. - Work well with my 2017 Vizio Soundcast satellite speakers - Seem stable Cons: - Assembly was slightly annoying in two parts. The main parts of assembly consist of the base, a rod that screws into the base, and a separate rod that has the height adjustment and holds the speaker mounts. The first annoyance was screwing the first rod into the base. It screws into a hole in the base, no problem. However, the instructions say to screw a nut at the bottom of the base to hold the rod in place and prevent it from getting loose. However, it is difficult the adjust the nut. The tool they supply to perform this action appeared to be bent, or it was just that difficult to adjust. I resorted to using a pliers until I screwed it on enough to deal with the tool. Scratched the nut a bit, but I got the job done. The second annoyance is the height adjustment mechanism. Either the threading on it was stripped, or it took a really long time to loosen it, but I had some trouble initially setting it up. Everything else regardign the assembly went pretty well. Additional thoughts: I noticed that the supplied mounting screws were too large for my Vizio speakers, but I recall seeing a comment on here from the manufacturer saying that Vizio's supplied screws for wall mounting work fine. I tried them, and it seems to be holding well. Unfortunately, I cannot utilize the cable hiding feature of this stand, because the Vizio connectors are large, but I just used the velcro cable ties Vizio supplies to tie the cable to the base of the stand to keep the cable close to the body of the stand.

The speaker stands were easy to assemble. You will have plenty of parts left over, as there are 3 or 4 mounting brackets included to allow a variety of mounting systems. I bought these stands for the rear/surround speakers for my Sony Home Theater In a Box (HTIB) system with wireless rear speakers; however, I would not recommend these speaker mounts for that product. There is a very small hole in the tube, meant to be a wire-chase, near where the speaker mounts at the top of the tube. If you are using a SONY HTIB, each of the speakers is "hard wired", meaning there is no way to get the wires loose from the speaker, and there is a color coded plug on the other end of each of the wires. That hole is only about 20% large enough for that plug to fit through, and removing the wires from the plug requires one to depress a spring-like protrusion and pull the wire at the same time. Little did I know that the + and - wires were not marked in any manner, so when I got the two wires out of the first plug there was no way to know the polarity (the polarity is marked on the plastic plug into which the wires are inserted). I finally just traced the wires back from the other surround speaker to the plug and marked the - wire with a sharpie, hoping that the wires were not twisted inside the speaker cabinet, and then marked the wire on the - side of the other plug as soon as I got it out. I still do not know if the polarity is correct, but the speakers sound OK. It would have been a less-than-desirable option to just not use the wire-chase through the upright tubes on the speaker stand. If you have a system with plugs already attached to the end of the speaker wires. you need to either be ready to struggle with getting the wires out of the plug or perhaps find a different product. If it had not been for the hole being so small, I would have rated this product 5 stars, but that was just downright poor planning since HTIB products are all the rage these days. If you are starting out with a regular receiver and a spool of speaker wire marked for polarity (either 2 different color wires or a stripe or ridge to mark one of the two wires) you won't have this problem, so carry on and expect the product to work very well. The bases are heavy and the carpet spikes do a great job of keeping the stands from moving about in my application. Good luck! Now that I know what to expect I will probably buy another set for the front speakers and just wall mount the center channel speaker.

These speaker stands are way much cheaper than alot of them out there. I almost purchased the manufacturer speakers for double the price, for my definitive technology 600 speakers, but these stands work fine although some of the home theater store reps told me it probably wouldn't work. The only problems are: One of the knobs to tighten the speaker to the stand (to hand speaker on) got stripped with the screw to hold the speaker on, Best Buy didn't have extras so they told me to contact the manufacturer, the manufactuer hasn't contacted me in two weeks, doesn't matter since I set the speakers up differently but that isn't the point. Stripping could have been my fault, not sure if it was made like that. I then put them on the stand flat, it's an option to have the speakers sit on the stand, it worked and looked really good. The speaerks even stayed on tight, but once I put my 12 guage wire in them they fell off, I would suspect wire not as heavy would work fine. I finally used the option to screw the speaker on the stand, whcih I use now. No problems with this feature, although since the speakers aren't custom fit they kind of angle up when I tightened the speaker on, but not really even that noticeable (my friend didn't even noticed until I pointed it out to him, he still thought they looked good), maybe they angle up 1-2 degrees, from 90. All-in-all they are a sturdy stand, the spekers I bought will not fall off and the stand doesn't move, it is a little wobbly(not the speaker on the stand, the stand in general), but so were the manufacturers, that is another reason why I went with these. If you have smaller speakers than the ones I bought and smaller speaker wire, then this product is for you, it is also for you if you want to save money on maufactuer speaker stands like me and still be happy with a chaper$ (not so sure the quality is cheaper than more $ ones) but decent speaker stand.

My dog knocked over my Sony stands and broke one, so I needed a replacement. Unfortunately Sony does not make stands anymore so I had to these. To that extent, these work just fine. They are easy to put together, although the tool that they supply is terrible, so I just used a deep well socket. The stands allow for wire hiding by sending the wire through the pole and out the base (you have to go from the top to the bottom or it wont' work due to the bend in the stand). The stands are also telescopic and they go up pretty high, so if you have a tall couch you should be able to set them above the back. The entire thing is made out of metal and should withstand abuse by animals and kids jumping around the living room (that's how my original one broke...boy through the ball in the living room). The stands are pretty much universal, so matter what kind of satellites that you use for your surround speakers, they should fit on this stand. The base comes with carpet spikes and some other plastic nubs for use on floors to prevent the stands form sliding. I use the nubs on the carpet in case the dog knocks one the stands over and dislodges one of the spikes (they look like they would put a lego to shame on a bare foot). All in all a descent product. Would be 5 stars if they were little less money. These cost almost as much as my original Sony ones did when I bought those 15 years ago.

First off, this is a set of two stands -- the product description could certainly be clearer. The bases are good and heavy and the poles and even the L-bracket for mounting the speakers are very heavy gauge steel. The stands are not extremely tall, but they're the perfect height for my particular setup, and taller ones would probably tip (I mounted the front/back left/right speakers from a Samsung Blu-Ray HTIB with a set of 4 of these). The tightening ring is, as others have mentioned, plastic, but it should be durable enough if it isn't over-tightened. That said, these stands really are mostly for the "home theater in a box" speakers. If you replace the ring with a metal piece (not too hard to find at a hardware store), you could probably handle heavier speakers, but they'd be more likely to tip, since the base is not terribly wide side-to-side. If I had heavy expensive speakers that needed stands, I would go for a professional grade tripod, not cheap home stands. Assembly was ridiculously simple, though the instructions are insane in telling you to thread the speaker wire after assembly. Don't do that -- assemble the base to the first pole, thread the wire through that, thread the wire through the bent pole, THEN screw the two together. It also helps to bend back any exposed leads when pushing the speaker wire through, otherwise it will get caught on the rough surface inside. Easier yet is to just thread through some fishing line on a small sinker and pull the wire through.

I'll start off with the positives: -They look very nice for the price. I like the black finish. People will think they are more expensive then they actually were (I got mine on sale for $39.99). -Very sturdy. With heavy weighted bottoms and optional spikes for carpeted rooms and rubber things for flat hardwood floors. -a few different ways you can go about connecting the speakers depending on the type/kind of speakers you have. The negatives: -if you're using these for rear speakers, in my opinion the maximum height of 39 inches is not high enough for optimal surround sound experience. Rear speakers are supposed to be about 2-3 ft (60-90cm) above your ears. So if you're sitting on a couch you want them to be a few feet above your ears (facing slightly downward). The max. 39" gets you as high as about ear length (while sitting on couch). -instructions could be better. -feeding the speaker wires is a nightmare of a job. You have to thread the wires through two thin metal tubes one of them being slightly curved. You need to find a clever way to do so. I taped a thin heavy nail to the thin wire and fed it in slowly. Another way is a thin clip pen. Took several tries until I got them all the way through. Another reviewer mentioned getting a set of needle nose pliers. You must do this twice (once for each stand). Overall, nice, durable, sturdy speakers that will last you a long time of aural pleasure. Well worth the aggravation that comes with setting it up, which is a one time deal.

I found the appearance of these stands to be quite nice for the price (I paid $39.99). They seem to be very solid and with the carpet spikes installed they do not move much at all on my carpet. I would make one suggestion on how to go about threading the speaker wires through the stand. First off, do NOT assemble both poles before threading the wire. I threaded the wire through the bottom pole then seperately through the top pole. I found trying to thread it through both poles at the same time to be quite painful. After passing it through the second pole, I made sure I could pull the wire out of the top (a needle-nose plier was very helpful in this regard). After the wire has been passed through both poles and the opening at the top, complete the assembly of the entire unit. Another tip is to have a flat head screwdriver, that just fits in the hole, act as a stopper for the wire up top. It serves to help in guiding the wire out of that opening. Assembly was a bit tricky but otherwise a great looking stand for a very reasonable price.

I purchased these speaker stands after having my rear surround sound speakers mounted on the wall for years. Changing the layout of my living room made it difficult to keep the speakers on the wall and still be in the right place. These stands are perfect because it's extremely simple to match the speakers to whatever the layout is. The speakers were super easy to put together and came with enough assembly parts to use on just about any speaker, I'd imagine. My speakers are Yamaha NS-A327 and I could have actually mounted them several ways. I love having the speaker wires hidden in the shaft of these stands. The only drawback there is it helps to have your speaker wire cut to length, or preferably a bit longer, as it's easier to feed them into the stand from the mounting point versus from the bottom. I also like that these stands have multiple options on the base for either carpet or hardwood/tile floors. The weight of the base is also nice as I know these won't move or tip over easily if bumped (which is a possibility with two children in the house). The only thing about them that I dislike is I wish they were able to extend about 3" taller as one of them is in a corner near my couch and the bottom few inches of the speaker aren't completely above it, but that's a minor issue for me. Overall they're a great value and they worked perfectly for me.