Best Stand for Harbeth 7ES-3 Compact

Erik, you answered your own question--"they sound inert".
That's how the Sound Anchors make the Harbeths sound. If you like that sound, fine, but I don't think you're showing how a Harbeth can be so engaging. Just like when someone loads a Skylan, made in Canada, with sand.

Chashas1,

Is the Skylan "Made in Canada"? Or, made in China?

Can you describe the construction and materials used for the Skylan stands? What's the build quality?

Thanks.

Canada! Build quality great. Seems like an extruded polymer or something similar, pillars have a nice sheen and finish to them, the plates are mdf it seems, and ingenious way of threading together with long thin rods., plate to plate. Has lil nubs or wafers of rubber for the speakers to sit on... Don't use herbies pads between, makes em dull. Comes with spikes and carriage bolts. Comes flat packed and are easily assembled. Top plate has holes for easy filling of kitty litter or poly pellets. Very good value.
Just don't put a harbeth on something that will deaden it, like sound anchors. I hear good things about the foundations, also from Canada, once they got the frame strength sorted-- could get a bit wobbly.

I agree with Chasas1. I think the build quality of the Skylan's is great. I've owned metal stands before and I don't like them.

I've heard of some build quality issues with the Foundations but not many.

Chashas1: I think the Sound Anchor just don't add anything to the inherent sound of the speaker that's sitting on them, I don't think they sound warm or bright or anything . If you want a stand that you can "tune" or that adds or changes the fundamental sound of the speaker then fine, it's all good..I owned Harbeth SHL5 for a year or so and they are a warm sounding speakers, I think making them even warmer sounding isn't a real good idea, but that's just my opinion. Fwiw I used kitty litter in my Skyland stands and they were pretty darn inert. I just felt when I got the stands that $500.00 was a lot for 4, one inch pieces of MDF, with a beveled edge, painted black, and some rectangular plastic tubes, that one then has to assemble. A couple of hundred bucks I can see but $500.00?? just my opinion. Not trying to rag Noel he seems like a nice enough guy, it's not like I'm saying his stands are junk. He's entitled to sell them for what he feels there're worth and if people want to buy his stuff that's cool. I also think the SA stands are overpriced but there's a lot more materials cost involved in producing them than the Skylands. I'm not trying to rag on anyone, just my opinion, we're all entitled to that aren't we :-)