Love to hear from current owners or past users of Isoacoustics Gaia footers.

Pretty sure if you read through my Townshend Podium review  
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/townshend-audio-podiums-the-full-review 
somewhere in there you will find at least one person who had Gaia and went to Podiums and it was a huge improvement. Of course they also cost a lot more. But you get what you pay for. Whereas with Gaia what you get are barely any better than Nobsound springs. Which 2 sets will cost you about $70. So for just one tenth the cost of Gaia you get 90% of Gaia. If not better than Gaia.   

Nobsound will be a huge improvement, way better than anything you would ever expect for so little money. But while Townshend Podiums are a LOT more expensive, they are also so much better they are worth it. Read the review. Read the others who went that way. Read what the Nobsound people have to say. Gaia is in a no-mans land where you can pay a lot more but have very little to show for it.

I understand your point. I just can’t spend that much on footers etc... They (IsoAcoustics) did improve my system’s sound nicely and I am very happy with them. They also helped my speakers feel far less tippy and secure to the floor which is a nice plus.
Perhaps I will someday find some used Podiums priced right and try them. They come up rarely and when they do they are still out of my price range ☹️.

I use the smallest ones on my Focal Sopra to raise the height of the tweeter (to get the 2’s closer to the height of the Sopra 3’s). They do that well enough and I think look cool. They don’t do anything to the sound, other than the sonic benefits I get from the higher tweeter height. 

The main issue with Nobsound springs is they do not have a threaded base for anchoring to the bottom of stands. They look like the Isopuck or Orea equivalent and not the Gaia. Also, aesthetically they don’t look as good.

The Townshend looks promising as I have read about their effectiveness elsewhere. I am sure they are superb products but just like Grannyring the Townshend are too costly and not within my budget.

Understand the cost factor. Couple things about the Nobsound spring approach. The full 7 springs are never needed. Your speaker would have to be over 200lbs to need all 7. With the center spring removed you drill and tap the center 1/4-20 threads fits most studs on most speakers. Or whatever you have. Now you have a fully adjustable Nobsound spring footer. They are so inexpensive it would still be the way to go even if you had to buy the drill, bit, and tap. Heck you could buy a whole set of drill bits, and a full tap and die set, and the drill AND the Nobsound and STILL be WAY AHEAD of Gaia. 

Then if you don't like the look, so what? Find something you can live with, cover em up. Or cut your own footers from wood, acrylic, Corian, whatever you do like. 1/4" drill bit, springs are a perfect fit. 

Speaking of which, those springs you removed? Drill some 1/4" holes in a piece of wood, MDF, or whatever and you can easily make more footers. I was able to make extra sets for my subs this way. Cannot do this with anything else and another reason Nobsound is a stone bargain.