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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.
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Factors to consider are height ability to tilt if needed and if stands couple to floor or isolate.

I have dynaudio stands that couple to floor that work best on a more solid foundation and isoacoustics brand stands that sit lower to reinforce bass and also decouple from the floor which helps keep bass clean on less rigid suspended plywood floors on upper levels. They also provide option to tilt up which helps with lower placement.

I also put my ohm 100s on auralex sub dude platforms to isolate those from unwanted floor interaction on the same upper level. Not needed in finished basement where floor is thin dense carpet and pad over concrete foundation.
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