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Musician's Gear SMS-6000 Monitor Stand Buy 1 Get 1 Free

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These stands came missing assembly hardware, and no instructions. There were hidden shipping costs, so BUYER BEWARE!!!!!

I bought these stands in a package for $450 which included cables and 2 KRK ROkit 8 Gen 2 Monitor Speakers. I must admit, the construction is slightly better than expected after reading all the reviews, but it is still pretty darn terrible. Let's see, where to begin, how about from the ground up:
1. The manufacturer claims the stands come with rubber and metal feet. They do not, they come with PLASTIC and metal feet. 3 out of 6 plastic feet were unusable before I finished unrapping the product. Plastic threads on metal, what a joke.
2. The Triangular base is inherently unstable. There are no full welds, only tack welds here and there. If you happen to push the stand from a side so that all the pressure is on a angled corner of the triangle, you'll feel confindent that it will not tip; However, if you push the stand from a angled corner so that all the pressure is on a side of the triangle, you'll feel like your not going to be sleeping at night because your constantly worrying that your $500 speakers will fall off these $20 stands durring the night.
3. Yes, the poll does not SECURLY attach to the base and I could easily see construction errors as someone previously mentioned; not on mine, but I could see how it could happen.
4. The ajustment in the middle is plastic when it should be metal and there are no mechanical protections against overtightening or scratching the inner pipe.
5. There is virtually zero counterweighting effect, so my setup is currently 35 pounds of speaker on top of 25 pounds of stand dispersed along its height. This is inherently unstable especially with the trangular shape which is unstable when pushed in 3 specific directions (so it tips on a side of the triangle).
6. I'm a 5' 9" DJ, so I need these babies up high at 5' 4", I wouldn't put these above 4 feet period.

THere are other things that are seriously poorly designed on these things. I've had them for about 18 hours now and the best case senario is that I buy new ones in a month, worst case I return them.

It should be noted that Guitar Center sells a pair of Rokit 8 Gen2's for $500 while I bought the ENTIRE package for $450. So, the moral of the story, if you can get them for free in a package, try upgrading to a four cornered solid construction stand.

Oh, and the stand dissassembled was only rapped in one thin layer of bobble rap. So As soon as I opened it I could see the dings, dents, chips in the plastic, torn sticker, etc resulting from 60 pounds of metal clanking around together with only a thin layor of tiny booble rap for protection.

Bought a pair of these stands to use with my monitors. Began assembly to discover that one of the triangular bases was missing the threaded insert to hold the carpet spike on one corner. The other stand when fully assembled leaned over to one side. Yes, the carpet spikes are adjustable to fine tune the corner height, but it doesn't matter when the upright does not mount squarely to the base. It leaned over because the threaded portion in the base of the upright was not vertical.

Shoddy quality. I returned them.

I got these for under $100, and compared to my other stands, costing more, they are far better. Some of the reviews I have read contain valid points, but I don't think they are taking into consideration the price.

These are very sturdy and stable. They work quite well with some surrounds I am using...but these are not your normal surround speakers. They are high quality monitors where my integrated-amplifier surround-sound calibration system deems it necessary only to send sound under 40Hz to my LFE.

Some positives:
1. These are way more stable than my other stands, and I feel comfortable placing my speakers directly on them with minimal setup.

2. You can screw everything fairly tight, but still manage to twist the monitor-base a bit for some fine-tuned direction.

Some negatives:
1. The plastic feet people have talked about. They still work fine for my limitations, but if you remove them, small plastic pieces can enter the base and be difficult to remove. Also, if you were relying on these instead of the metal screw-spikes for precise levelling, you would probably have some issues. I am in fact using these with my carpet admittedly.

2. The carpet-orientated spikes. Because the metal in the entire system is light (without sacrificing stability and sturdiness), the spikes don't dig in like some stands with a narrower base, narrower spikes, and a heavier center of gravity. I don't know how much testing is done on levelling carpet base-attachments in general for any stands. I did find it a bit odd that this is the dedicated carpet (and not hard floor) usage, because my front speakers use metal adjustable spikes as well, but come with associated metal disks that they fit into.

Subjective points:
1. The plastic turn handle seems perfectly fine to me. Whether or not this can scratch the pole is not that relevant in my situation.

2. The 4" increments are acceptable for my needs, but admittedly, if someone needed the precision of a different gradation, this could be an issue. However, the pin system is very sturdy and easy, and there is a mini-pin base provided to rest it on.

3. Minor. These do have a 'guitar-center' look to them.

Untested:
1. I am currently only setting the monitor-base up to 41", which is the second lowest setting.

Some future possibilities:
1. Add automatic level bubbles like a tripod.
2. Add the ability to tilt the speakers at specified degrees.

Summation:
In the audiophile world, it isn't that easy to find sturdy stands that are adjustable. These work great for a price that some may question if it is missing a digit. They also come with an acoustically safe pad well engineered into the monitor baseplate, so no earthquake putty or blu-tack is necessary. The stand-base itself is quite large but it managed to fit into the same place as my smaller ones without compromising my speaker position. And, my monitors are fairly heavy at 5.6Kg each.

I needed some tall speaker stands for my surround sound speakers. We are buying a sectional sofa and the speakers need to be mounted at least as high as the back of the couch. I do not want to drill holes in the walls, so mounting them that way was not an option. For my situation, these work great.

I was missing a washer on one stand and the washer for the other stand was just laying in the box. Not really the best packing job I have seen. Also, two stickers were attached to each stand. One is a huge sticker that says "On Stage" and the other is a scan bar sticker. Neither can just be peeled off. I am going to buy some goo off (or something like that) to see if I can get the stickers off the stands. Also, the speaker cable management is pretty poor. It would be nice to run the cable down the middle of the stand, but they have to be run on the outside, which is just another eyesore associated with using these stands instead of a smaller, more mainstream stand.

While I am not in love with the looks, they will suit their purpose of putting my speakers up high. The stands could most likely handle much larger speakers than my Monitor Audio RSFX surrounds, so I would not hesitate to use them for a larger pair of speakers down the road. If you don't care about looks, want something that is adjustable and will put your speakers up high, these should be perfect for the job. Also, if I can get these stickers off, I will be happier with their overall look.

I have a pretty cramped apartment and I hate desks. I think desks are a waste of space because I don't need to sprawl all my stuff out all over a table, and I like having my keyboard on my lap. Anyway, I wanted something that could easily accomodate a dual monitor setup and was previously using a laptop stand (DAVE from Ikea). Dave wouldn't work for 2 monitors (probably couldn't withstand the weight), and these speaker stands were just what I was looking for. Couple things:

If you want to use these for your computer monitors, they might be a bit high. They sit about 31" high at the lowest setting. You will get a kink in your neck if you use them at that height. I ended up getting a pipe cutter (about $12 from any hardware store, just make sure it can cut at least 1" diameter pipes), and trimmed 5 and 1/4 inch off each middle stem (exceeding the length of the middle column so the stands sit flat on the base). It worked out perfectly. It's still a bit high (I'm used to a height of 26"), but it's great otherwise.

As for stability, the lower to the ground your stands are, the safer and more stable they seem. That's because you have a lower center of gravity. The top plates are about 9x9", which is just about right for any decent monitor. I'm using 2x23" ViewSonic monitors on mine, and each monitor cost around $350 and I feel confident with them there. They occasionally wobble a bit if you have wooden floors that have some give, but I don't feel like I need to dive to catch these suckers from falling. So if you cut 5 or so inches off the stem (not the column attached to the base, but the one that goes inside), you should have a pretty good setup for a great price.

I didn't buy from Amazon, so I can't attest to some of the reviews stating they missed parts, but if you assemble it correctly and tighten everything like you should, you'll be fine. It comes with an allen wrench for the middle screw, and 3 pre-installed plastic feet which are perfect for wooden floors. I threw some padded stickers on the bottom of the plastic pegs and it works great. Recommended.

I bought these knowing there were negative reviews, but I needed cheap monitor stands that had a small footprint and could go higher, about 5 feet.

Got them set up and they were as expected, not the best stands, a little cheaply made, a little wobbly, but they do the trick. Since I have hardwood floors and am not using the included base spikes, I'll probably just use some small sandbags to stabilize them.

Totally happy with these as a solution for my immediate needs.

Quite stable and well made. Use mine with Rockit 5 near field monitors but they will hold larger monitors easily.

speaker stand broken and the box was so rip a part i couldnt send back the broken item...plus many freights customs...not worth a try

I'm 5' 7" and when seated at my desk, these stands do not allow me to have the speakers (Rokit 8) at the proper ear level. Studio monitor speakers have a extremely directional sound and sound very different, when off by only a very small amount. I suppose I can cut the metal tubes to make them shorter.. For now I have the speakers sideways so that the tweeter is lower, which is not ideal.