I admit to putting Martin Logan SL3 electrostatics (&10" woof) on wooden dining room chairs, exactly where they normally sat on the carpet. Everything up 20".
Of course this was only during semi-free-for-all at-home parties we threw in my thirty's. Otherwise I was civilized and sat down, along with the speakers...
Same history as above; planars for a long time, then good dynamic boxes, then great boxes. I also feel, adding up everything, they provides the least compromise.