I needed some speaker stands and was looking for a pair when Sean and Tin suggested I make my own. Well I took their advice and following this link they posted I tackled them and I'm happy to say they came out great.

I bought a 2'x2' piece of Birch plywood ($5), 2 5' sections of 3" PVC ($12), some 3/8" rod ($6), nuts and washers ($2), 2 cans of spray paint ($2), and a bag of play sand ($3).

I'm going to be taking them back apart to get the edges of the boards rounded over and to run some speaker wire through them and add some terminals to the base. They are the perfect height for what I needed, solid so they sound good, and the price was right. Definitely something you should do yourself instead of shelling out a lot of cash for nice stands.