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Coupling or de-coupling stand mounted ls3/5a

My Stirling V2s sit atop tripod Solidsteel stands, 28" tall, sand-filled. The stands are spiked into the carpet on a suspended wood floor. The speakers are blutacked to the stands. All in all there is still significant rockability of the speaker stand combination because the entire arrangement is not hugely heavy. Does it matter? I'm sure I can go further in tweaking this arrangement, but I have no clear understanding in which direction to even try. I have seen some ls3/5a sitting on brass cones, with speaker stands spiked onto metal cups, blutacked to a marble slab under the stands. I have also seen Herbie's fat dots under monitors too. I have no idea whether and where to couple or de-couple, and how to respect the resonance of the ls3 speaker cabinet. Can anyone offer guidance?
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echigosanya OP
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Using screw heads as spike supports sounds like a great method to increase stabilty. But would the speaker/stand system be considered as coupled or de-coupled if the spikes rest on screw heads? If I screwed the stands to the floor, would that achieve the same result or is the physics opposite?

What about the speaker/stand interface as well....should I arrange a similar set up on spikes, or use something squishy there? Thanks.
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