Sanus Systems NF 30b Natural Series Speaker Stands (Black)

Very attractive stand, sold as a pair in one box. Lots of extras make it really nice: for instance you get two pairs of upper plates, one is rectangular, the other a truncated triangular shape (use whichever works best for your speakers, store the other pair of plates for different future needs, nice), also choice of self-adhesive pads or small press-in cones for the speaker to rest upon, and includes carpet spikes or plastic feet for the base plate. Very easy to assemble using a Phillips head screwdriver. Carpet spikes have a nut that can be tightened with just pliers, small channel locks, or appropriate wrench (something in the 1/4" to 3/8" range judging by sight - not sure, I just went with channel-locks). Also has a pair of grooves into which you slide flexible plastic slats for hiding speaker wires, which worked fine for my 14AWG wire.The stands' piano black finish looks very nice. My Peachtree Audio D5 speakers look fantastic on this stand, which brings them to the perfect height. I am very pleased with the quality, the solidity, the function and appearance of these stands. Highly recommended while they last.

I read many reviews of various speaker stands before buying these and I am certain that I made the correct choice (many thanks to all the Amazon reviewers of various models).There are many options in bookshelf speaker stands: hardwood, metal, particle board (i.e. compressed wood). Once I determined what would be the best height for the stands I began looking into options. I did not want to spend allot of $$ but I also did not want to have a cheap looking product in my living room. These are hardwood stands and DO come as a pair.These arrived not in a shipping carton but just in the retail packaging. The box was a tad beaten up, but the stand were in undamaged condition. The box was also smaller that I imagined it would be.Sometimes it's easy to forget just how important speaker placement is to getting the best sound from your system. I had been placing my bookshelf speakers on the TV cabinet for the sake of convenience and because my wife thought that speaker stands would look tacky.These stands assemble easily and quickly. I waxed the included wood screws before screwing them together (a tip I picked up from a saavy Amazon reviewer). I placed my black Polk Audio T15's on them and they look great. Even my wife has no objection to their appearance. Pretty classy with a high quality medium gloss finish. Not an "IKEA" look at all.All in all, I am quite happy....a pair of $60.00 speaker stands isn't going to alter the course of anyone's life, but I find that we are listening to more music and watching less TV.Many thanks to the reviewer who mentioned using Blu Tack to secure the speakers to the stands.I great idea (I had never hear of Blu Tack, but it works GREAT)

Let me begin by saying this product deserves 5-stars. However, it came to my home with a damaged part (even though everything was carefully wrapped inside), and for that, I have to deduct two stars. More on that in a moment.I spent quite a bit of time researching stands for my new Sonos Play 5 speakers. If I had bought the stands Sonos sells, I would be paying $150 apiece. There were a lot of stands on Amazon that fit the bill, but also very expensive. In the end, I didn't want to go too expensive but nothing too cheap. I was looking for the best value for the buck.Sanus would have fit that bill. I own lots of Sanus furniture and for the most part, it's quality stuff. However, reading through the many Amazon reviews for this product I was concerned over the method of shipment and how people were receiving these stands with damaged boxes and in some cases, damaged parts.I thought I was the lucky one. The box came double-wrapped. So, upon opening the Amazon outer box I was pleased to find the Sanus stand box practically unscathed. Opening that box, I could see that each of the enclosed pieces was wrapped in some sort of thin styrofoam protectant. I laid out all the pieces without really inspecting any of them before I started my build of the stand.I worked on building both stands at the same time. The instructions are pretty straight-forward, and I suppose it took me under 30 minutes to assemble both. All you need is a Philips screwdriver --- an electric one would suit you much better as some of these screws had to be somewhat forced into the pre-formatted wooden holes.One thing to note, as it isn't easily depicted in the manual -- the top square plate gets installed upside down.So, I am about 3/4 of the way through the install when I notice that one of the base plates has a huge chip on the edge. Worst still, it's in the front. I took some heavy black magic marker and was able to blacken out the wood. I am including a picture of the damaged part below. It did a reasonably good job of hiding the damage, but I am still going to go after Sanus and have them replace the part as it is unacceptable that anything inside the box should arrive damaged.I will report back and let you know how good Sanus support actually is and if they replace the part.The stand itself looks quite nice. In fact, it doesn't look at all like a stand that would still fall under the "budget" category. By the time you get finished putting this together you will have a lot of screws and parts left over. The reason being, Sanus gives you several options on how you may want the stands assembled from different mounting plates to a choice of wooden or carpet spikes. I used carpet spikes for my medium-pile rug. I also opted to use the stick-on rubber mats instead of pins to hold the speakers themselves in place.If you are a Sanus Play 3 or 5 owner, these stands will have no problem holding their weight. The Play 5 speakers, in vertical position, fit wonderfully atop the square mounting plate with less than an inch of overhang on each side. That speaker, by the way, weighs just under 15 lbs.The stand is also sturdy. I don't have any fears of it tipping over.So, to sum up this review --- it is absolutely a 5-star product, however, a damaged part has knocked off two stars from this review. I will update all of you if I hear back from Sanus.

As in other reviews on Amazon the cover for the speaker wires that snap into back of the stand is lower quality than rest of the product. Its two pieces for each stand. You have to bend it and push both sides in at same time to get it to snap in. Its doable just awkward. I would suggest they could design it with material closer to a pure hard plastic that would be shaped and match the colour of the vertical portion of the stand. However the stands are sturdy, have good feet even on carpet. Not sure I would use spikes on my carpet but if it works better for you they include those. If using bannana plugs on the speaker end of the run, note attach after running through the assemble on top since hole is tight .Also make sure if book case speakers you have smaller banana plugs for the speaker to fit properly and the std. or larger ones for you receive in. other wise you will bare wire speaker end and banana plug receiver only. But does the product look good in an office or Den definitely.

easy to assemble solid build wood construction,wouldve liked a couple more inches on the height

Easy to assemble, and really match the speaker finish well.