If one runs the speaker wire through the center tube, as I did, the speaker will not sit flat on the top plate unless one lifts the speaker enough to allow the wire to run under it.

I did however cut out rubber shelf lining sheets to protect my speakers from the bottom plate as my speakers have shiny, piano black plates on the tops and bottoms.

I drilled a hole in the top plate were the speaker sits to keep from pinching the speaker wire when you screw the speakers to the stands worked perfect

Only reason to give 4 star here is because it does have missing parts like bottom plate plastic cover and rubber cover for top expandable plate rubber

The speakers seemed well packed, so I do not think that the out of level top plate was due to shipping damage.

Loosen the screws, and adjust the tilt with the center mount screw in the middle of the top plate, failure

Also, I love the top plate adjustment of +

I used Blu-Tack Reusable Adhesive (available at Amazon.com) to lift the speaker up slightly and to lightly secure it to the top plate.

Small top plate does not support speaker well.

Small top plate does not support speaker well.

I was missing the plate that goes on top of the stand

I should have done more research before buying these, and as an engineer, I'm a bit embarrassed that I didn't look enough to find ballasted type stands with hollow base plates.

My solution to the instability problem has been to wall mount the rear speakers, and double up, side-to-side, the front supports by fabricating a shelf to span across the top plates

One of my stand's top plate was not quite level.

The problem with these is that the top plate cannot hold the speakers straight.

The screws securing the top plate of one stand.. would not tighten back into the plastic fitting, will change after they ship me replacement.

This is easy enough to remedy by using spacers between the top plate and speaker bottom

From the reviews I read, some had complained about the thick plastic caps under the baseplate, which had to be pierced to run the cable up to the top plate.

The top plate, even when tightened with extreme torque, was still wobbly

I will probably end up putting a couple of small screws in the speakers to connect them to the top mounting plate too

The screws securing the top plate would not tighten back into the plastic fitting, failing to secure the plate to the stand.

The top plate has two screw holes in which you can attach your speaker (if it has holes on the bottom).

The small top plate does not allow any space for the the cable to be routed to the speaker terminals.

The screws securing the top plate would not tighten back into the plastic fitting, failing to secure the plate to the stand.

Mine got bumped by my Roomba a couple of times and now the top plate won't point in any direction but down.

The platform is far too unstable without the foot and the plates are to abrasive on my laminate without them.

Fed the speaker wires through the bottom plate requiring raising the top plate 2 inches too access the top shaft cutout for concealing the wires

Getting this balanced was a little tricky, and since these speakers are rounded on the bottom instead of having sharper edges, the clamp doesn't quite go up high enough to fit these as well as I would like

I'm confused as to why those things were in there in the first place.c

Worked exactly as I expected.

These stands, as bad as they are out of the box, are a good start to build to your liking.

A fact I appreciate especially as I'm just too busy to build anything right now, but not too busy to sit and have a listen to my favourite tunes in sheer enjoyment when I have a spare moment to myself.

They work exactly as you would expect, though running the cable down and out the stand can be tricky, but you only have to do it once