Most speaker stands these days are supplied partly dismantled and hence come in modest boxes. This one, however, is assembled, filled and sealed at the factory and comes in a large and very heavy package.

In many ways, this is a classic British dedicated hi-fi rack. It's more attractive than many models of yesteryear, yet it shares many of their features, including the metal-and-glass construction, that's available in both black and gunmetal grey.

Despite the trendy misspelling in the name, this stand really is about good old-fashioned mass - 28kg of it in the form of steel, sand and resin, which combine to create one of the most robust stands we can recall seeing