Atacama Nexxus 600 Essential

Looking for some decent stands for your speakers? Here's a neat, versatile option

The most appealing thing about Atacama’s Nexxus range of speaker stands is how modular and versatile they are. You have multiple choices of stand heights and top-plate sizes to accommodate a vast range of standmount speaker types, which means you shouldn’t have a problem finding a speaker stand entirely tailored to your speakers’ dimensions and weight.

Atacama has form when it comes to making speaker stands. The British company’s Moseco 6 has been winning What Hi-Fi?’s Best speaker stands Award for nearly a decade. Can the Nexus 600 Essential impress us enough to replace its stablemate on the podium?

A design with options

Built in the UK, the Nexxus 600 Essential speaker stands are designed for small- to medium-sized speakers. It is a minimalist metal design that is available in the standard satin-black finish of our review sample or, for an additional bit, in diamond white.

There are two 51mm-wide support tubes, and a 5mm-thick ‘laser cut shield design’ base plate (measuring 260mm x 365mm). The 130mm x 170mm top plate comes as standard, but you can also choose from four larger top-plate sizes to better accommodate your speakers.