crooked speaker stands?

Hmm... So it sounds like it's not a defect in the stand that its a little off and that it wont affect performance at all... i.e. it's a pretty normal happening... right?

If that's the case than I just assume leave it... I was just worried they were defective or I put them together wrong somehow.

If the top plate is level, but it is just cocked 5-10 degrees out of true with the bottom plate, it's likely just a minor assembly problem. Again, I would suggest loosening the screws and trying to turn the top plate to the correct position, then retighten. However, if the top plate is level and everything feels solid and stable, you could just leave it.

The root of the problem has been described well by others already.Your top plate is not lining up on the vertical with the bottom plate.Something is off.I believe the machining must be poor on this design .But you can fix it with the help of a big square ,or easier make a jig byt puting together two plywoods that form an "L" shape and they form a true 90 degree angle.Then put your stand in there on it's side and make apropiate adjustments,until both
plates touch the plywoods.When they erect buildings they could easily run into same problem but they don't ,right?
George

Reubent cannot desribe it more perfectly. For self-assembled stands, issues like you have encountered are bound to happen. In most cases, the installation by the user is the cause (in screwing the plates to the vertical pillar) but sometimes minor flaws such as a slight uneveness at the edge of the vertical pillar will cause this 'skew' of 5-10 degress you are talking about. I think I get what you are saying right now. Quite a norm in self-assembled stands and won't affect performance too much.

Cheers.

This doesn't surprise me. I had an Atlantis Reference 5 equipment rack a few years ago and it was the poorest designed rack I have ever seen.

Shakey