Skylan vs. Sound Anchor speaker stands? Comments?

If you browse the search engine for what to fill speaker stands with, you'll find a lot of varying opinions. Some prefer kitty litter, some all sand, some shotgun pellets, and some a mixture of all of the above. There seems to be a repetition in some posts that filling only to the 2/3 level gives best results. I guess some people feel that you can over-damp the stands, resulting in a duller sound. I'm not so sure. I currently have Skylans in my main system and Lovans in my bedroom system. Both are filled to the brim with playground sand. Maybe I'll try the 2/3 full method. Speaking of Lovan, these new Jazz series look interesting:

http://www.lovanusa.com/index.php?cPath=1_9&osCsid=8429fda884027e95d3266782b84cce31

I read someone say that the 3 post jazz is not very stable. That issue is what lead me to EPOS ST12. Well that and I could borrow it from a friend first to check it out :)
Art

ps: I use 24" Lovan's (thin 2-post 4-spike metal) in my bedroom system for usher s520 and it seems a match made in heaven. Both are gloss black too. Cool. But they don't seem stable enough for the Silverline 17.5's.

I'm using the 20" skylan stands for the harbeths....
There was a thread on speaker asylum where Noel and his friend Moray were experimenting with cat litter and sand, and then rice, which they seemed to prefer, filled all the way. So when I bought the stands Noel suggested the rice, which I've done. I think they sound great, although I haven't emptied them out and filled with sand, so I don't really have a comparison. For some reason I like the idea of not using metal. Maybe I'm just mental....

Grant,
Check out the system of Audiogon member, Audioot. He made his own custom stands for his AudioNote speakers. Maybe he'll make you a pair for a reasonable price.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vdone&1249415002