Best Stand for Harbeth 7ES-3 Compact

I've had Skyland for a pair of Harbeths, and I have Sound Anchors for my current Proac's . The build quality of the SA stands is far and away superior to the Skylands. The Skyland stands have tops and bottoms made of MDF, the pillars are a reasonably thick plastic. When I got the Skylans stands which come shipped flat in a box to be assembled I was a bit surprised, looking at the materials I thought $500. Was a lot for $50 worth of MDF and plastic. The Sound Anchors although even more $$ are solid one piece welded steel filled and damped with some proprietary material and weight like 70 lbs each... With the SA stands you feel like youre getting what you paid for. I'll not comment on sound quality differences except to say the SA don't really have any sound they are about as inert as is practical. The Skylands stands due to their construction can be tuned with different "fill" to sound different.

Chashas1: I think the Sound Anchor just don't add anything to the inherent sound of the speaker that's sitting on them, I don't think they sound warm or bright or anything . If you want a stand that you can "tune" or that adds or changes the fundamental sound of the speaker then fine, it's all good..I owned Harbeth SHL5 for a year or so and they are a warm sounding speakers, I think making them even warmer sounding isn't a real good idea, but that's just my opinion. Fwiw I used kitty litter in my Skyland stands and they were pretty darn inert. I just felt when I got the stands that $500.00 was a lot for 4, one inch pieces of MDF, with a beveled edge, painted black, and some rectangular plastic tubes, that one then has to assemble. A couple of hundred bucks I can see but $500.00?? just my opinion. Not trying to rag Noel he seems like a nice enough guy, it's not like I'm saying his stands are junk. He's entitled to sell them for what he feels there're worth and if people want to buy his stuff that's cool. I also think the SA stands are overpriced but there's a lot more materials cost involved in producing them than the Skylands. I'm not trying to rag on anyone, just my opinion, we're all entitled to that aren't we :-)