Osiris Audionics Osiris Speaker Stands

Osiris Audionics Osiris Speaker Stands for Bowers and Wilkens, B&W, ProAc, Sonus Faber, Harbeth, Dynaudio, Joseph Audio and other top- flight monitors.

24” heavy duty speaker stands for Bowers and Wilkens, ProAc, Sonus Faber, Harbeth, Dynaudio and other reference class stand mount bookshelf monitor speakers. I have had these legendary reference quality speaker stands for twenty years. Very heavy (40 lbs. without sand, 80 lbs. approximately with sand). These have sand filled tubes, so local pickup only. These are no longer available and rarely come on the market. The fantastic brass spikes are all in very good condition. LOCAL PICK UP only. I live in Napa, CA (zip 94558). Price reflects that these are looking for a good home in the North Bay area. No dings or dents. Condition as expected at 20 years of age. For better pics, check these out on Pinterest, Bing or other sites. No better stand for a monitor speaker. Use a small amount of Blu-Tac to affix speaker to top plate. Osiris stands offer a rock-solid foundation for your monitor speakers. I am relocating to another state in a few months and cannot take these beauties along. Looking for a good home where they will be put to use. I used these for years with Sonus Faber Concerto speakers, followed by several years paired with Bowers and Wilkens 805D2 monitors. Offers accepted from existing members with positive feedback only. Price drop 40%.

Review from SoundStage (circa 1998)

It didn't take long to confirm that the Osiris stands are more than just sharp lookers -- they are first-rate performers. With small splotches of Blu-Tak on the top plates, they supplied a rock-solid base for the Merlin TSM, Speaker Art Clef, and Gershman X-1 loudspeakers that I had in my room. The other stands I have on hand, the excellent, pre-filled BBC stands, didn't quite measure up in comparison. This was a little surprising because I felt the BBC stands were some of the best I had found. Improvements were most noticeable in terms of bass tightness, dynamics and image specificity. Of course, the stands themselves were not making the sound; rather, they seemed to provide an improved foundation to let the speakers really sing.

I believe that the fine performance is a result of the very sturdy, fully welded construction and thick metal walls. Each stand weighs in at 40 pounds empty. By filling their thick, cylindrical legs with sand or shot, you’ll have as heavy and as dead a unit as you would ever want to lug around your listening room. Marc found that their weight increased to 60 pounds when filled, and although I didn't verify with a scale, I would say that this sounds right. Filling also provides the benefit of damping. Unfilled, the cylinders give off a slight ring. Once the stands are filled, the ring turns from bing to boink. To my ears, filling provided a subtle benefit, but frankly, not nearly the benefit that simply using the stock Osiris stands did.

Finally, there is a unique design aspect that I feel makes these stands really special. Marc described the supplied spikes as "the most substantial and user-friendly spikes I've seen," and I concur. These massive spikes not only give the stands a pleasing look, their performance is among the best I've tried. The spikes do a first-rate job of piercing through to solid ground to give the stands sure footing. Furthermore, their long thread length, longer than I've seen with competing stands, with easy-to-adjust slots on the tops, makes the stands even more versatile. Although the stands supplied to me were considered 24" high, I was able to adjust the thread so that they stood over 25" high, perfect for the Merlin TSM and the Gershman X-1. No matter what height the spike was threaded to, the stand still stood rock-solid.

Suffice it to say that I too am mighty impressed by the Osiris speakers stands. These are a first-rate pair of stands for use with the finest bookshelf monitors and have an appearance as fine as their performance. As a result, they are now my new reference. At $479, they are certainly not cheap, but when you want to get serious about your bookshelf speakers and want to squeeze the highest performance out of them, look no further than Osiris.