Hi Scott,
All I can tell you is what I experienced... I have Stands with cones under my Speakers, Amp, And Source...Cones on my Pre and power supply for the pre.
All I can say is the improvements I experienced to every aspect of my sound greatly improved. It's been about 60 Days now since installing these products and I'm still blown away. Honestly, I still can't believe it myself.
I had 2 of my Audiophile friends come over for a listen and they both said that my system was sounding better than they ever heard it before.
I have been fine tuning my system for about 8 years now and I have never been more satisfied...
I'm not an engineer..but I believe the science is sound...Giving the negative aspects of vibration a pathway to quickly exit the Speakers and components just gives them the ability to play better...
I'm not sure how invested you are in your system but for a relatively modest investment you can transform your system or just give it the ability to sound like it should...
AND !!! The very best thing is that you can try it with a money back guarantee...
This is the way I love to try things because I set out not to like them, so I don't have to but it... But after trying the stands from Star Sound there was no going back for me...
Good Luck !!!