In reply to:

or did you put them on those little tripods?

They were on my personal tripod... so as not to change my body position relative to the speaker (and possibly reinforce the bass or colour the sound in any way, I squatted and remained in the same position throughout the testing with the cords across my lap.

I have not measured the dielectric properties of my wedding tackle, but I believe them to be pretty inert.

Bren R.