Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options?

@hchilcoat

This concerned dissipated over the next day as the stands and began to settle in.

I’ve never heard of stands "settling in." Interesting. Thanks for your narrative. Very detailed and clear. Also, the website for "starsoundtechnologies" appears to be no longer operative. Is the company still alive? 

They are now at livevibeaudio.com. I will be trading in my Sistrums for the Rhythm-jr platforms, which should fit nicely under my speakers. The Sistrums take up a lot of real estate. 

There are several substantial brass and steel parts to these stands, which we can be adjusted to fit your equipment. We had to loosen and move them to fit the new speakers then tighten. So that combined with the 100 lb weight of the speakers results in some settling. 

Took a look at the SP-101s and seems like a very different technology and because of all those small balls or whatever, I understand the settling comment now. Interesting to understand and hear comments about because of the difference. They do take up real estate but I think they have a clean look.

The basic design of the Sistrum and newer Rhythm stands is a steel platform with downward facing brass Audiopoints connecting the platform to the floor and upward facing Audiopoints connecting the platform to the equipment. The position of the points can be adjusted by sliding along slots in the platform. Each Audiopoint sits on brass coupling discs. It looks like newer versions have beefed up the coupling discs and there are options for different sizes discs.