Footers under big heavy speakers (Stillpoints Ultra 5, Sistrum rack, Finite Elements,..?)

That's cute.  Obviously you're not familiar with roller bearing assemblies for uh, audio.  As the other dude just explained it all depends on which direction of isolation you are referring to.  You know, of the six directions of isolation.

What a lively discussion and thanks for the additional suggestions! 

Re Herbie's Fat Gliders, I tried them before, pretty good but preferred the Symposium Svelte. 

Re  StillPoints and Townshend Audio Seismic Pods combo: I read your comments yesterday, just before you reposted your experience as I was searching the Gon using selected keywords.

Before I try those alternative solutions, I solicited input from Symposium and Star Sound, both recommend only direct coupling between the speaker platform and floor, draining away the energy/vibration. 

Peter of Symposium cautioned about adding footers: they can improve some aspects by disconnecting the return echo, but "putting platforms up on cones is not necessarily nor recommended on hard floors, because all you are doing is 1) elevating the speaker and creating a gap underneath, which reduces extreme bass response, and 2) reducing the energy drainage throughput capacity of the platform." So I could upgrade the Svelte to Svelte Plus under my speakers and maybe try Rollerblocks between the speaker platform and Svelte.

Robert of Star Sound made his point about coupling that increases the efficiency of any electronic device as it allows the component to vibrate but provides a fast drainage to the "ground". The fact that nearly all of the Sistrum platform users report a higher volume output with the same volume setting on the preamp/amp validates the assumption that the devices have become more efficient.  Robert suggests I should try the Apprentice SP-SA-XL-4-1.5 but could try a smaller platform in lieu as a test (which I intended to do anyway). 

On the other hand, the reports of Stillpoint Ultra 5 as footers seem to be uniformly very good, this is unfortunately the most expensive alternative.

 
 

I have been having problems in my current residence-dealt with a lot of high freq energy and very limited bass response initially-wood floor with B&W 800D. Upgraded speaker cable to Valhalla from Valkeryie (sp?) and this made a surprising diff allowing speakers to be moved further out from wall and a little further apart-a significant increase in bass energy and response. I also reconfigured the way I was bi-wiring my speakers. Have been thinking of decoupling speakers from floor with Nordost Sort Fut. Have been able to obtain very little info on them but what I have heard is very positive. Like some of the Townsend Audio decoupling products but I do not believe they are available in Canada. Any help or info with the sort fut would be appreciated.

Oops, the last work in the first sentence above should obviously be vertical, not horizontal. Hey Audiogon, what do you have against making edits possible?!