Triangle Base Monitor Speaker Stand by Studiospares (Single)

The BIG design fault that makes this unstable, if you've all the parts and have managed full assembly, it starts out top heavy, and once you add your speakers that's worse, and if they are particlarly heavy - - - The tipping point, measured from the center of the column to the nearest edge, a point in this case between any two base pins, is 11cm/4 1/4", and from the floor to the top platform, first pin setting, the distance is 94cm/37" You do not have to be an engineer to see how extreme that is. In an attempt to counterbalance this I have had to put weights on the base, and even then we have to be careful around these stands not to knock them over, which is VERY easy to do.Shoddy construction - I had to recut all three of the internal threads under the base as the available accessories wouldn't screw in. Provided were metal floor spikes for carpets, and, though advertised as 'rubber', there were similar pins in hard black plastic, all intended to be screwed in under the three points of the base. The illustration that came with our pair of stands showed bronze finished accessories for this, including three large round knurled adjusting bolts, all looking lovely. But, that's not what we got. Instead they were badly zinced steel showing some rust, and just standard cheap hexagonal bolts instead of the large knurled round ones as illustrated by a photo in the literature. The first photo attached here shows both what we were supposed to receive and expected and what actually arrived.*Also, as mentioned in another review, the main column connections, to the base at the bottom and the platform at the top, are metal on metal, and the ends of the supporting column are quite rough. I've remedied this in part with some pipe insulation and by making four non-metal washers to sit between the ends of the column and where it would have otherwise come up against those bare flat metal surfaces top and bottom. (see photo 2.*)In another review here complaining about metal-on-metal, the knob for tightening and preventing rotation, his photos actually show that a part is missing, a part that would have been between the adjusting knob's screw and the side of the column which prevents metal on metal and makes for a more secure tightening.All variants of this by brand are all made in China, and it no longer surprises me that there's a looseness in this respect as regards materials and workmanship, or the switching out of items for cheaper and lesser quality alternatives, as with the accessories for the base, the bolts and the hard plastic pins. Actually, nothing was appropriate for a hard floor and I will have to make something myself if that situation arises...I did complain to Studiospares and the basic response was "What did you expect for that price?" I roughly paid around £40 for a pair.This review is being repeated in several places, where basically the items offered for sale are the same Chinese made triangular based monitor/speaker stands, whatever the branding...* Images have been provided with those other reviews. When our setup is back and fully operational I'll add the same here...