Stands for LS3/5a's

Glide, I have a second system w/ Spendor 11 ohm LS35A's. (Associated equipment: AirTight ATM300 8W SE amp, Supratek pre, NBS/AudioNote wire, Sony AX7ES CD player). I use Osiris stands and they sound very good. Osiris went out of business about two years ago and you can find them around @250 used (heavy to ship in two separate boxes, like most good stands; negotiate the ship with seller). Compete easily w/ Target R4's and are better looking with narrow front profile and round columns, which I think looks congruent with a small speaker like the LS35A. But its spiked (which are removeable)...

But dont let that deter you: get some protective brass discs for under the spikes from a dealer of Audiopoints cones. Others also have good metal discs out now, so look around the cone manufacturers for some. Good luck, its a great speaker.

Glide: Try experimenting with speaker height (with whatever is available at home) before purchasing stands. I used old Rogers Ls3/5a's up until the mid 80's and found that in the two rooms that I had them in they sounded much better approx. 40" off the floor. Both of the rooms had high ceilings (1.5 and 2.0 stories tall) and maybe this was why, I don't know that much about room acoustics. I use Target HR70 stands (two large square columns per stand) in the living room with a pair of the rather large (for a bookshelf) Reynaud Twins and when I switched them with the little Polk's (about the same size as the Ls3/5's) from the bedroom, the combination did look rather odd (out of balance) and I agree with Asa on this. I use Atacomba stands, with a single round column each, in the bedroom for the Polk's. The general advice for the Ls3/5a's has always been to use heavy/sturdy stands, though I now believe that in most cases light sturdy stands sound better on springy wood floors. This is not my original thought as I gathered this from reading posts on the web and have tried it both ways on both wood and plaster floors. I now use heavy stands on our plaster floors and a friend with wood floors has now switched to light stands with better results. If the speaker has a great deal of cabinet resonance, then this may not hold true, though the Rogers seemed to be fairly well damped from what I recall. Sorry to make this so complicated, but I feel that these are all things to consider, especially since it is such a hassle trying to sell stands that do not work out.

Asa, Dekay,
Thank you both for the informative posts!