Monolith 4 Tier Audio Stand XL - Open Air Design, Each Shelf Supports up to 75 Lbs, Perfect Way to Organize AV Components, Espresso

Easy to put together. All parts were in box. Strong and sleek. Fits my amp, cd player, turntable and albums with room to spare. The openess on all sides ensures easy access and temp control of equipment.

The first thing I noticed about this thing was it's obvious weight. The package was extremely heavy and how difficult to move to my basement but I got it down there. When opening the box the pieces all felt very premium and the unit assembled easily in about 10 minutes. You could use all four shelves or just assemble it to be two shelves if you want. I assembled it in a two-shelf configuration if that's all I needed and I stashed away the other two shells for future use if I need them. It holds my receiver and my amplifier with no issue whatsoever and it looks great too. For the money it's really hard to beat this AV stand

My home theater components have been boxed up in a mid-eighties "entertainment center", hiding behind smoked glass and subjected to terrible ventilation. My AVR was experiencing overheating issues.The Monolith stand provides much more stable support and open air flow. This baby is solid, with heavy metal support pillars holding thick wood shelves. And it's roughly half the height of my disco era tv stand.Pretty simple to assemble. Everything just screws together. But again, this is a heavy piece of furniture and after you fill the shelves it's a chunk to pick up and slide into position.I bought the espresso-colored shelves and I think it looks sleek against my wall.

I bought a similar rack with glass panels but my equipment was too wide.This time, I made sure it was wide enough. The rack is truly heavy duty. The UPS guy had to use a dolly. Upon assembly, it proved to be a winner. Easy assembly; took me twenty minutes. One tip: I installed furniture pads on the feet to prevent my floor from scratches. Plastic bottom didn't make me feel comfortable. Try to buy it on sale. Even the regular price is worth it.

It is quite heavy and the net weight of the rack on carton marking is 25.2kgs. Enclosed a leaflet for me to assemble the rack at about 30 minutes. Once assembly, I can feel that the rack is heavy and solid enough for me to put my AV/HiFi equipment on it. The overall quality of the rack is good and nice, although I have found two minor scratches on one of the metal pillar. It is worth to have this rack at my purchasing price.

I was shocked at the quality of this small audio rack. Everything is heavy duty and well-finished. Even the packaging was well done to protect everything during shipping. You could easily think this was a $400-500 stand. At the regular price, these are a steal and they often go sale for $30 less which is what I paid for my Espresso version.BTW, a few reviewers have commented that they should include one more set of "isolators" for the top shelf. I don't think that isolation was the intention. These rubber discs get installed on top of the bottom 3 shelves. They are meant to protect the wrap/finish on the top of the shelves from the metal support columns - which is why they are not needed on the top shelf.

I bought this stand to use in my audio system without knowing quality of the stand because there is no reviews for this Monolith XL stand here on Amazon.To my surprise, it was the best decision I've ever made in 25 years of being an audiophile.First of all, don't let the $150 price fool you because price to performance is better than many other stands I had (Bello/Salamander) and some others I tried, this Monolith XL stand is most stable and strong audio stand money can buy for under $5-600 or even more because I was never satisfied all the stands I have/had one way or another.I have nothing to complain about this XL stand, good quality finish with more than reasonable price, very stable, great weight handling(my equipment total weight is nearly 90 lbs) everything is great, easy to assemble and perfect height for my turntable and reinforce shelf to put my amp (53 lbs) I may be buying another one in lighter color to use with different system. I'm a Happy Audiophile, great buy.

I think the espresso is perhaps too dark, but they did a really nice job with the instructions, and the build quality seems very good. For the price this is probably the best rack on the market.