Stands for harbeth superHL5

You might want to check out the somethingSolid stands. Here is a link. I prefer these open frame stands to any of the others I've heard. They recommend 12" stands but I ordered mine in 16". It depends on your seating height.

http://www.chevinaudio.co.uk/html/speaker_stands.htm

Is there a sonic advantage to the 4-post Skylan stands
vs. the equivalent Sound Anchors for the SHL5? Thanks in advance.

RGS92, while I can't directly answer your 6-23 post because I haven't actually listened to the speakers on both Skylans and Sound Anchors, I can suggest that if you do some more research on the web, including the Harbeth Users Group comments accessible from the Harbeth Home Page, you may find some information indicating that some Harbeth users have commented that they've heard a "ringing" when they used some metal stands with Harbeths. I think you'll also find that there are Harbeth owners have found both Skylans and Sound Anchors to work well with their speakers, which suggests that it would be hard to go wrong with either one.

If you decide, as I did for my Monitor 30s, to go with Skylan, you'll find Noel, the owner, to be very easy to deal with and very professional when giving advice and making promises about shipping dates.

Thanks Jim! It sounds like you, personally, are satisfied with
the Monitor30/Skylan combo. It is my understanding that the SHL5s benefit from whatever external factors add to bass control, meaning upstream equipment and their stands, so I
was thinking that was the most important factor in choosing stands. By the way, if one is not concerned about image height, what about floor placement, or on a low platform like
and amp stand? (In the real old days, I'd just plop AR3a's
on the rug, zone out and happily listen...).

Try making your own. With a lot of experimentation I found that Harbeths are not finicky speakers. Any quality stand or amp, they always sound great! Alan Shaw even suggests Ikea plant stands that are inexpensive. I bought a pair of C7s last year and my wife (who is quite handy)made some stands out of walnut about 20 inches high; they are filled with sand, look and sound great and it was fun building them with her to boot. Added bonus, I'v got WAF BUILT IN to my system--she feels included ;) Congratulations on the purchase of excellent speakers. Don’t forget to checkout Harbeth’s user forum on the Harbeth website there is some great info there.
Cheers!