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To Couple or Decouple Bookshelf Speakers to Stands?

Just bought my first pair of bookshelf speakers (Focal Aria 906) and stands - have filled the stands with sand. Should I use sorbothane pads to decouple the Focals OR Bluetack them to the top base of the stands?  I've asked 3 friends and received 3 different answers.......
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Always decouple. Don’t listen to 4H clubbers. 🐄 🍀 Decoupling eliminates ringing of the speaker cabinets AND mechanical feedback to the front end electronics via the floor. See Max Townshend’s video showing ... measurements with and without decoupling. The knee bone’s connected to the leg bone, the leg bone’s connected to the ankle bone, etc.

https://youtu.be/7ew4dRUEm-k

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