Sound Anchor Blue Dots or BluTack??

Rbrowne: since your experience was with Sound Anchor Stands and all three (blue dots, blu tack and Herbies) and you liked the Herbies, what was their effect compared to the blue dots?

I replaced the spikes on my sound anchors recently with the excellent Soler Points (member esoler). When I did, it felt like the Bass went missing in action but soon I realized only "resonances" were missing, the bass was still there but more articulate. These points "dissipate" stored energy very fast.

Was that the effect of the Herbies? if you could describe specifically why you liked them better?

I do plan on experimenting and have Herbies on order but my next set of speakers are 47 lbs each and I would rather leave them in place once set up, that's why I am trying to get a measure of what to expect.

All in all excellent feedback and suggestions, Thanks!!!

2013 Update:
I have now had the opportunity to try many speakers on different speaker stands using all 3. I recently did a direct comparison of Blue-Tack v/s Herbies Fat Dots (One speaker on Blue-Tack the other on Herbies) using the balance control to go back and forth. Then moved both speakers to Herbies. In another experiment, I went from silica sand filled stands back to Sound Anchors again with Blue-Tack v/s Herbies. My conclusion: regardless of the type of stand, the Herbies were always preferred. While I expected improvement in the Bass, it mostly came in the mid and highs. It was like a dirty pane of glass was removed (yes just like the AudioQuest commercial). The mid got more dynamic and detailed while the highs got more layered and natural.

In all cases using Sound Anchors made the sound feel like much superior speakers were being used. Nothing else has come close. I am now a big fan of Herbies Fat Dots.

Cheers

Life Chayro..., Life :) many moves, many set ups later thought I would post an update ;-)