Thx for all responses. I don't have a dedicated room so the stands have to look good as well as function effectively. The system is on the ground floor of my townhouse which has wood floors over a concrete pad. Anything that spikes into the floor is not going to fly. (Space in Hawaii is at a premium and at 57 my townhouse is paid for and it would cost me another $200k to buy a house to gain another room. I love audio and music but I have to make this work here.) So its not clear to me whether I want to couple to the floor or I so late from it? I looked at Timber nation stands and could ,"sell" those to my wife. Skylan stands would be OK...less WAF. So I buy the stand argument but still a little fuzzy on the right way to go?
Impact of speaker stands?
OK, I recently acquired Kef R300 speakers to go along with my Ohm Walsh 2-100s. I presently have them sitting on top of 2 JBL L110s as my "stands" as the JBLS are not being used. The JBLs are 24 inches high...the same height as the stands I would need based on the KEF directions for placement. The JBLs sit on the wood floor on top of foam pads. The Kefs sit on foam pads on top of the JBLs. I have never had speakers on stands. The question is, what if any, benefit would I get from buying real stands? I think these would cost about $350 for good ones shipped to HI.