I wrote a rambling post about how great my freakish kick mic stand is, then managed to post it in completely the wrong thread and managed to delete it forever before I could copy it to this one. Oh well. It's a really great stand and I love it, there.
I'll probably write more about it but I want to comment that the flat plate base I use is perfect for kick mic stands. It can slide under the kick drum shell for most setups, even if there's only 1cm between the lowest point on the kick and the floor. It has four squooshy feet and a fairly thick steel base so it doesn't transmit much vibration from the floor.

Even the mighty Triad-Orbit only makes tripod bases and TBH I can't think of another real flat base type. The one I use is from an obscure K&M line of two instrument stands. Nowadays all I use is usually just the base plate and the special bolt it comes with. One day I could lose that and then I'd be pissed off, it's ground on the sides so it doesn't turn but it's a K&M part, you can't buy a spare anywhere else and it's even really hard to identify the part and order it from K&M. So eventually I'll find my own 3/8" bolt and a way to fit it to a flat plate from underneath.
On mine I have a 3/8" to 5/8" adapter then the IO joint or quick release joint base. And that's it for the base. Then I bring either the mini boom and joint with the other half of the quick release, or just the T-O stuff. I have a Triad-Orbit IO joint on the bottom of that mini boom now and that works great too.

I'm glad I bought this expensive, fancy lookin' hardware for a kick mic stand, I really wanted a good one and that's what I've got now. I love being able to think up a cool system then order the parts for it, and they simply snap together and there's your perfect mic mount, in seconds. Very well designed and built. As I've said I'm picky about my kick mic placement, and anyway a single centimetre in or out of the shell can make quite a difference to the kick sound when you place the mic even just amount into the shell. IMO for a great drum sound live you have to have the right mic placement, and I'm more than happy with this mic stand for what I paid for it. It's stable and dependable once I set it up, and takes the cake for ultimate adjustability, can reach any position totally flexibly. Not only that but with the mic in any orientation on the stand too as it can roll, swivel and more then you simply lock it in place. It's great.
I treat the M201 on snare drum very similarly, the mic placement has to be right. That shouldn't be hard but it depends very much on the drummer, sometimes there's not enough room among the hi hat, rack tom, iPad, SPD and whatever else. I've resorted to switching to a Beta 98 right under the hi hats for that very reason, as there was nowhere else to go