Speakers on floor?

The idea behind the Mapleshade stand is to maintain tonal balance by not distancing the speaker from a critical room boundary, the floor.

I own a pair of Meridian M2 active speakers with dedicated stands. These stands also position the speaker close to the floor, approximately 12", with a tilt mechanism to aim the speaker at the listening position. With this set up the user must use a laser pointer to insure the speakers have the same amount of tilt.

This gives you the best of both worlds. Definitely worth trying with your speakers.

I get much better bass, and overall a better balanced sound by putting my small speakers on the floor, and I am just using 2 inch thick cutting boards with spikes, and ceramic cones under the speakers for the tilt.

I tried out some for a VERY short time; sounded strange. Sold them on here; saw them for sale again in a short time. So that is three votes [ origional seller, me, guy I sold them to] no. They violate a well known principal of speaker design that most speakers, even large ones like B&W 801s, sound better with air under them.

The concept is well grounded in theory. It greatly reduces the floor bounce cancellation effect. You may or may not like the resulting sound.

Mapleshade has very good advice on their website and they back it up with a money back guarantee. The low height and tilt back set-up has to do with the Allison Effect (floor boundry bass reinforcement) and time alignment (think Vandersteen or Thiel speakers). The brass footers and wood plinths drain internal vibrations keeping the sound clean. This is a win win if you try them out.

People often change/upgrade. They go from monitors to floor standing, floor standing to monitor, then to cone/planar/electrostatic, etc. What the guy did before, during, or after makes no difference because their room and equipment has nothing to do with your room and equipment. Also, the people who sell their stuff on the Gon seem to come out OK. It's what makes this a fun hobby.