Steve,
I built my own stands when I had 3.1s. If you look at what Gallo does there is a washer on each bolt between the bottom of the speaker and the stand. I simply followed their lead in installed a metal washer as a spacer on mine. I don't think it could hurt and might help to us some sort of dampening material. With the washer though there is very little contact between the speaker and the base already. FWIW I built mine with a recessed slot so I could install the factory grills and attach them. They came out great. I also used solid maple and bought solid brass footers from Edensound. I can send pics if you would like. contact me at garrcon@netins.net
Russ
I built my own stands when I had 3.1s. If you look at what Gallo does there is a washer on each bolt between the bottom of the speaker and the stand. I simply followed their lead in installed a metal washer as a spacer on mine. I don't think it could hurt and might help to us some sort of dampening material. With the washer though there is very little contact between the speaker and the base already. FWIW I built mine with a recessed slot so I could install the factory grills and attach them. They came out great. I also used solid maple and bought solid brass footers from Edensound. I can send pics if you would like. contact me at garrcon@netins.net
Russ