SANUS SYSTEMS BF-31B Wood Speaker Stands
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Manufacturer: SanusBrand: Sanus
Edition: Electronics
Model: BF-31B
Color: Black
Publisher: Sanus
Studio: Sanus
Music Label: Sanus
Product features:
- 31- Inch high
- Concealed wire management
- Furniture-grade appearance with upscale performance
- Twin contoured pillars give support and rigidity
- Constructed of medium density fibercore to minimize resonance
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Customer Review: Careful Assembly yields a Great Quality Stand - Especially at this Price.
Summary: 4 Stars
First and perhaps most importantly -- These are excellent stands for their cost. I doubt if you could build nicer stands at this inexpensive price point.
On to the observations:
1) Build Quality is great. The stands are composed of 4 particle board parts, sprayed with a nice matte-black finish. The upright posts are pre-drilled with pilot holes that are very capable of facilitating proper assembly without damage to the product. I'm convinced that other reviewers who have experienced splitting issues with the composite wood upright are not properly lining up the fasteners before tightening. It is VERY easy to make this mistake, because the fasteners are 'wood' screws that have a sharp tip that will drill into the rough ends of the upright posts. In the case that you do not carefully align the upper and lower plates with the pilot hole, you WILL split the wood and cause trouble for yourself. Here is my recommendation:
Assembly Note: Place all four screws into each the top and the bottom plate and begin to screw them through the plate BEFORE placing it onto the post. Allow about 1/8" protrusion of each of these four screws to act as guides when placing the upper (or lower) plate onto the upright. Once you have done this, continue with normal assembly -- you will notice that the screw turns smoothly with only mild turning-force on your screwdriver. Do not continue if you feel like you are biting into new, undrilled wood. Second: DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN the fasteners, snug them up and give them an extra quarter turn to solidify the build.
2) I'm using the stands with Klipsch rear speakers that are slightly larger than suggested. They are quite stable if the carpet spikes and the rubber dampener pads are used. Initially I had planned on using velcro between the speaker stand and the speaker components, but that has not proven necessary.
3) The Wire Management is not perfect -- but it is very serviceable. The stands are intended to be used with the carpet spikes -- which means that no groove would be necessary to allow the speaker wire to pass under the base of the stand. I do agree with other comments that the upper plate hole is A) Too Small to allow for good quality speaker cable (simple fix, drill it larger) B) in a useless location (directly under the base of the speaker).
Wire Management Note: The back of the stand has plastic covers that are flexible and adjustable- simply running the speaker cord from the top of these covers rather than through the upper plate seems to be an effective and mostly acceptable solution. Also of value -- fastening the wire to the inside of the speaker stand upright will provide better aesthetics when looking at the stands from the front. There is a small gap between the uprights from the front that will allow the speaker wire to poke out if you do not fasten it, or make certain it is well managed inside the stand.
Overall, I am very satisfied with these stands and they do look very attractive if your speaker components and room allow for the black colored finish.
Description of SANUS SYSTEMS BF-31B Wood Speaker Stands
SANUS SYSTEMS BF-31B Wood Speaker Stands features like ABS plastic spikes, a concealed wire path and neoprene speaker isolation pads, and a sound foundation for speakers.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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