Monolith Easel Style Speaker Stands

[Ninjastar]

Does anyone here have these easel style speaker stands from Monolith (Monoprice)?

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=44924

Monoprice released these a couple months ago so I was hoping to get some impressions from people before I purchased them.

I have always wanted the Solid Steel speaker stands in this style, but never got them because they are expensive

SS Series | Iconic Hi-Fi Speaker Stands | Solidsteel

Vintage Iconic Loudspeaker Stands - Solidsteel's Flagship - designed in 1992 Main frame in steel entirely hand-welded with brass Ennobled MDF wood with Lacquered Finish for Top Plates Compatible with the majority of bookshelf speakers in the AV market 40 kg of maximum load per each stand...

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Wondering how close the Monoprice versions are in quality.

I have had the four post Monolith stands for years, which are okay, but are a little wobbly:

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=42833

Hoping to solve that with the easel style, and also I think they look awesome.

 

[Matt34]

I have the 18" version. They seem pretty sturdy, however, a big issue is the top plate is tightened in place with a center hex bolt, so it is possible if you don't have it snug, a speaker could tip off of it. I blue tacked my Aura 2's to them and when I tried to removed them I got the top plate to tilt 25-30 degrees before the blue tack released the speaker.

 

[Doodski]

I have the 18" version. They seem pretty sturdy, however, a big issue is the top plate is tightened in place with a center hex bolt, so it is possible if you don't have it snug, a speaker could tip off of it. I blue tacked my Aura 2's to them and when I tried to removed them I got the top plate to tilt 25-30 degrees before the blue tack released the speaker.

I must ask. What is that interesting looking reptilian thing you have partially in the image. It looks beautiful.

 

[Ninjastar]

I have the 18" version. They seem pretty sturdy, however, a big issue is the top plate is tightened in place with a center hex bolt, so it is possible if you don't have it snug, a speaker could tip off of it. I blue tacked my Aura 2's to them and when I tried to removed them I got the top plate to tilt 25-30 degrees before the blue tack released the speaker.

Thanks for replying with your experience. It looks really nice.

I've been curious about what speakers would require such low (18 inch) speaker stands. I can see the Aura 2's are pretty large 3-way standmounts with a high AMT tweeter so I guess I got my answer.

I just saw your other photos of the stand in the Aura 2 thread. I'm definitely buying them, they look so good.

I have the MoFi Sourcepoint 8's and the manufacturer stands are about 23" so I am going to purchase the 24" Monolith easel version.

 

[Matt34]

I must ask. What is that interesting looking reptilian thing you have partially in the image. It looks beautiful.

Dragons Archives

High quality casting and painting, along with an obsessive attention to detail, put Windstone Editions dragon figurines in a class of their own.

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[Doodski]

Dragons Archives

High quality casting and painting, along with an obsessive attention to detail, put Windstone Editions dragon figurines in a class of their own.

windstoneeditions.com

Wowzer... That is unique for sure. Thank you for the image.

 

[Ninjastar]

I have the 18" version. They seem pretty sturdy, however, a big issue is the top plate is tightened in place with a center hex bolt, so it is possible if you don't have it snug, a speaker could tip off of it. I blue tacked my Aura 2's to them and when I tried to removed them I got the top plate to tilt 25-30 degrees before the blue tack released the speaker.

Upon closer inspection, the Monolith do not have other supportive points of contact other than that center hex bolt holding the top plate in place, while the Solid Steel version has tiny pillars at the top of the legs also supporting the top plate.

I wonder if that makes a huge difference or not.

So you're saying as long as that hex bolt is tightened in place on the Monolith, the top plate doesn't wobble even with your large Aura 2's?

 

[Matt34]

So you're saying as long as that hex bolt is tightened in place on the Monolith, the top plate doesn't wobble even with your large Aura 2's?

Correct, I didn't realize the top plate wasn't fixed until I took the speakers off. It was stable even with the heavy Wharfedale's on it.