crooked speaker stands?


Hey,

Kind of a nit-pic concern here. I recently bought and put together some new Atlantis speaker stands. They feel solid and strong, especially after I sand-filled them. They are 21" two-pole design.

My concern is... if I look down on the top plate where the speakers rest and compare the edges of that square to the edges of the floor base, they are not flush. One stand is off more than the other.

I put them together well I think and can't think of anything I could have done wrong or should change in how I assembled them.

Has anyone else experienced this?
djembeplay
It's weird... its completely level and the speakers sit on it perfectly, but... Its like if you had a square jar with a square lid. The lid lid is just partially unscrewed and uneven with the edges of the jar... even though it is still horizontally level.
I have put together a few stands and they are never lined up right. Once in use I never gave it a second thought because they were level. The real frustration will be when you try to unscrew that square lid from that square jar!
If I read correctly, it appears that the only issue is the top plate is not a perfect square piece. Is my assumption correct? If the circumference of your speakers is larger than the top plate itself, I guess this issue is negligible since the minor flaw cannot be seen. Poor quality control I guess.
No, the top piece in it's self is a perfect square piece.

I'm sorry, it's tough to explain. I wish I could post a picture.

Picture this example... lets say the top plate and the base plate are two perfect boxes of the same size, one resting on the other. With these stands, the edge / corner of the box resting on top does not line up with that of the bottom. It is as if someone grabbed the top box and turned it maybe 5-10 degrees... They are completely functional and the crookedness isn't noticable anyways, but... I would still like to know if others have had similar problems.

Thanks.