I suppose it does work if you want to twist your cable around the pole to the top, but there's other options

That way, the cable won't get snagged on the bottom edge of the upper portion.

The construction is fine however the product can not support Monster audio cabling without jamming it through

The quality of this things was awesome, just beware you can't hide a Bose cable, I have a cinemate 520 and cable didn't fit, but I see that as Bose's fault with their proprietary cables, if you have regular speaker wires this are awesome, hence the 5 stars

Easy to setup and very clean cable management

holes not big enough to hefty cable

nice product and sturdy but the hight adjustment ring is made of plastic and the rest is all metal, just be careful not to over tight as it might break.

However, the stands are not as compatible as I would like them to be