I have no clue what “these” are, but looking at your profile picture, I am guessing “these” are the American DJ stands. I have two of those as well, both 6 ft, but one shortened to a size convenient for me.
I personally have never used the T-Bar thingie. It looks absolutely toy-ish. Another thing I don’t want is to be able to see through the bottom part. It is usually a (cable and cases) mess behind the DJ stand and I don’t want my audience to see that. It is one of the main reasons I hate using regular tables of any kind. You always need to put a skirt of some kind around it. More stuff to carry, more time to setup and it usually looks like an afterthought, not very professional.
You can only put flightcases on there as there is no tabletop. I have solved that by putting in boards, which means even more stuff to carry. I have solved the see-thru thing by making a custom “skirt” that goes over the top (to cover the ugly boards) and across the front and sides. It works, but not as professional looking as I would like it.
Although they set up relatively easy, they effectively consist of 4 bars and two side parts (and two board if you use those), for a total of 6-8 ungainly components. If you stick them in a flightcase, you are kinda defeating the purpose of small and portable in my opinion and I haven’t found a 6 ft bag that could hold both the long bars and the side things. So I end up taping the long bars together and the two side parts also for transport.
The ProDJUser stand I now use primarily (I do use the ADJ ones for live sound sometime) has two butterfly locks, open them, fold both sides out, lift up the bottom shelf, drop it back so it locks in the two slots, lift the top lid, unclick the two hinges that hold the top lid, drop the top lid to sit on the hinges and ready. I can actually do it faster than I can type how to do it. I bought a 24″ by 24″ RGB Led panel with remote control which I attach to the front to give a bit of a DJ look, but that is optional.
http://www.bax-shop.nl/dj-meubilair/prodjuser-dj-stand-dj-meubel/product-details.html
I have looked at and used a lot of tables and stands in my 35 year career, but I can safely say this is the best one I have found. It can take a beating on the road, sets up in 30 seconds (literally!), contains no lose parts, offers lots of room for gear (top) and miscellaneous stuff (lower shelf). The working height is just right (if you are really tall you can use the top of your flightcase upside down under your gear to raise it another 3-4 inches, but I never bother. I am 6’3″ or so and it is a very comfortable height for me. The one bad about it are the feet. Because there is so little material to attach them too (if you get one, you’ll see what I mean), that after a few gigs I started to lose one in transport. After sticking it back in a few times and promptly losing it in the car again, I decide to take all feet out and use it without. On all but the most unflat surfaces it works just fine so I never even notice anymore. In case a real problem with stability arises, a couple of beer coasters will solve the issue :).
Greetinx,
C.
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