Whats the point of speaker stands?

[Marco]

You need them to get the things at the right height, agreed. A couple of three legged stools will do that. The idea that you need 2 grand (or more) worth of specially designed 'speaker-floor interfaces' is the bit that is bollocks.

No, you don't need to spend fortunes on such things, that's for sure, but most stands I've used perform more optimally with speakers, from a sonic point of view, than stools.

Marco.