Recently bought two sets of legs off Amazon for my DQ-10's. One set is 10" tall and the other is 8" tall. The 10" legs are a matte black finish and made of welded steel (see attached photo). I would want to paint them a dark walnut brown to match the rails. The wooden legs are 8" and a lighter brown than the walnut rails (could possibly stain them darker). The steel legs are? slimmer with a diameter of just over 1" at the widest part (at mounting plate); the wooden ones are closer to 2" in diameter where they attach to the metal mounting plate.

Is there a preferred height? I'm having trouble thinking such a small difference matters. It appears based on the files out here the stands raise the bottom surface 11.4 inches from the floor.

FWIW the wife likes the wood ones (they do seem to match the mid-century modern style of the 10's more than the plain steel) so I'd encounter a bit less resistance putting these in any room I choose.

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Ideally speaker stands should put the tweeters at ear level. ?I made mine patterned after the early 3 post Dahlquist stands but made the taller putting the bottom of the speakers at 12 1/2” off the floor. ?I expanded the base dimension by 10% as well. ?That said, one should never look a gift horse in the mouth so I’d go with the higher WAF option.

I decided to go with the 10" steel legs. The wooden ones seemed a bit too "furniture" looking and weren't as carefully manufactured in terms of positioning the angle with the mounting plate. Anyway, after finishing the job, my initial reaction was "looks a bit stark." 24 hours later and now I'm actually liking them...they seem a good compliment to the mid-century modern design like the DQ-10. Final step will be to find a dark walnut paint to get them to match the rails.

As for height, I think any taller would make them start to look "gangly and too tall" and add to instability.

If interested they are out on Amazon for $28/4 legs.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08S6Q3J8J?ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details&th=1