Well guys/gals I purchased the Gaia II's along with the carpet spikes and I'm very impressed with the quality of the products and overall the sound in general.
One thing I noticed is that I have a couple of go to songs that I generally play at (on my system & room at -25db) and noticed immediately that I actually raised the volume higher than I normally do by about 2-4db.
Although these things are nice...very nice! My big complaint about them is that they make my speakers about 2" higher than before. Its something I could probably get used to but the other thing is that they are very noticeable items and actually bulky for my tastes. I would rather not need to see them at all.
Given all that, I just don't believe they check all the of the boxes for the price point of these things. I mean if they sounded overwhelming of what I had/have, looked almost invisible, and didn't raise my speakers a couple of inches I'd keep them.
I actually just put in my order for the Herbie's Spike/Decoupling Sliders. So we'll see how these things go.
One thing I noticed is that I have a couple of go to songs that I generally play at (on my system & room at -25db) and noticed immediately that I actually raised the volume higher than I normally do by about 2-4db.
Although these things are nice...very nice! My big complaint about them is that they make my speakers about 2" higher than before. Its something I could probably get used to but the other thing is that they are very noticeable items and actually bulky for my tastes. I would rather not need to see them at all.
Given all that, I just don't believe they check all the of the boxes for the price point of these things. I mean if they sounded overwhelming of what I had/have, looked almost invisible, and didn't raise my speakers a couple of inches I'd keep them.
I actually just put in my order for the Herbie's Spike/Decoupling Sliders. So we'll see how these things go.