To Couple or Decouple Bookshelf Speakers to Stands?

I have done all the experiments. The best I have found is: fill your stand with a filler material, I use small pebbles (buy by the bag at Home Depot or Lowes) not as messy as sand. If your stand has spikes use Herbies  Cone/Spike Decoupling Gliders under the points. Between the speakers and the stand use Herbies Thin Fat Dots.

https://herbiesaudiolab.com/collections/loudspeaker-rack-decoupling-and-isolation

Try not to listen too much to  roberjerman and experiment.

If the question is to either couple of decouple, how did you receive 3 different answers??!

I use Blu-Tack between the speakers and the stands with spikes on bottom of the stands. Have hardwood floors over slab, so I use spike shoes to protect the wood. 

" If the question is to either couple of decouple, how did you receive 3 different answers??!"

Don't see 3 different answers. Mine was decouple, reached by trying all options and choosing what I thought was best. Opinion based on experience and experimentation. 

One answer was to couple with Blue-tack - the second was to use Sorbothane to isolate the speakers and the third (and the most confusing) was to use a combination of the two. As I said, this is one of those questions everyone seems to have a strong opinion on. The stands are filled with sand, they have spikes with rubber shoes to protect the floor. I'm going the Blue-Tack route to begin - it makes the most sense to me.  I'll post results.