Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?

Agear wrote,

"It is interesting that the Townsend stands seem to decouple the speakers from the room which I guess can be an advantage depending on room nodes, etc."

Huh? As Townshend points out on his web site, and as I’ve pointed out as well, isolating the speakers has two advantages:

(1) it prevents low frequency vibration from getting up into the speakers and affecting wiring and electronics, RCA connectors, etc. and (2) it prevents speaker cabinet vibrations from feeding back via the floor to system cabling on the floor, electronics, turntable, CD player, what have you. That’s also, by no coincidence, what my springs do for medium-size speakers and Subwoofers.

Agear wrote,

"You are in for a surprise given all the aspersion cast upon their humble "cone" based technology."

I'm pretty sure no one has cast asperions on their technology or even suggested it wouldn't work. But to suggest that their technology is the only technology or offers a complete solution to the whole vibration problem is a little bit of an exaggeration. 

Agear wrote,

"It is interesting that the Townsend stands seem to decouple the speakers from the room which I guess can be an advantage depending on room nodes, etc"

Depending on room nodes? Huh? What on Earth are you referring to?

Further to the speaker room interface I wonder if my room, being an Art Noxon design intended to be sound isolating (i.e with bass traps and damping built into the walls) may be less conducive to a SS type "grounding" arrangement in so far as the excess energy has no easy path to ground and hence causes problems in the room. 

Geoff's point about speaker induced floor borne vibration affecting the sound of the cables is certainly very well taken, isolating my main (30') interconnect run on Shunyata supports (springs again - actually rubber bands) had a profound effect

One thing I did not get with the Townshend supports was a reduction in bass transmission outside the room. Bass is the one sound that leaks out to my wife in the room above and it seems it does so via the window surround rather than the floor, floor would probably be the path for leakage down but as the room is at the ground level this is not relevant. I suppose SS would not recommend their setup for speakers in a high rise 😏

Depending on room nodes? Huh? What on Earth are you referring to?

Not anything to worry about with your Walkman.....