ISO Pucks with Harbeth and Sklyan Stands

No experience with either harbeth or skylan but I always prefer to decouple the speakers from the stands.  Iso acoustics work well.

A fun and informative test is to play some music fairly loud, with heavy bass or kick drums, and touch the speaker stand... is it vibrating?  Now put your speakers on isoacoustics and repeat.  The stand should not be vibrating at all.  Its good to fill the stands with play sand or lead shot if possible.  I’ve been able to fill pretty much every rack and stand I’ve come across.  Sometimes you have to get creative and cap off certain areas or use tiny screw holes to fill stands (which is time consuming and tedious but worth it).

Anyhow good luck!  Iso acoustics are great products in my oppinion.

When I had the Harbeth C7, I used Stillpoints Ultra SS between the speaker and my Sound Anchor stands.  They were extremely effective.  The only drawbacks are that they are expensive and it's easy to knock the speaker off the stand if you (or your kids/partner/dog/cat) bump it.

Thanks for the suggestions. The Stillpoints look nice, but way over my budget. I'll take a look at Herbies, I have purchased some of their products in the past.

There's a world of complexity out there with stands for Harbeths.

There are open-topped stands, and stands with a flat platform.

There are metal stands, solid wood stands, and Skylan (MDF and polymer).

You can get standard offerings from established companies, or you can get custom stands made, in wood or metal.

There are any number of possible interfaces between stand and speaker, and likewise between stand and floor.

Herbies is definitely a good place to start.

I am locked in with Skylan stands. I had Noel make mine two inches shorter than their standard height for the SHL5's. I'm glad I did now, as adding isolation increases the height a little bit and I am short.