You know, I can kind of believe this for the reasons already cited - that these stands fundamentally change the approach to speaker positioning.
The heavy spike thingys and lower center of gravity would seem to achieve a tighter physical coupling with the floor. Likewise, shouldn't there be some inherent enhancement of the bass frequencies due to the proximity to the floor itself? Kind of like corner-loading a subwoofer?
The professed weight and density of the stands is something that has long been accepted as "good". I remember seeing a compelling article a while back that using concrete pillars (like from a garden gnome store) was the ultimate speaker stand.
When I was but a lad, I built some small, wood stands along the same premise; short, but angled upwards. They made my Kloss-era KLH speakers sound decent, I thought. I guess I was just ahead of my time.
While I think the premise is sound, I think the price of the Mapleshade version is obscene.
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
