Rel Does Not Recomment Isolation Stands

Artemus_5, thanks for your response. My objective is exactly what you wrote: to “make the mains sound better.” I don’t want a sub to provide more bass per se. I’ll likely bring a REL home to see if it can live on my hardwood floors without rattling the joint.

Mapman, you ask a good question about the Auralex Subdude, the isolation platform I’ve been considering. I read the REL webpage to which Artemus linked. The Subdude has a depth of 1.75”, I believe. The REL guy said, “When you put it up, call it two inches on an isolation platform. You’re decoupling the sub from the floor and in many instances, it’s exactly the wrong thing to do.”  I don’t know whether or not that .25” difference means that the sub is decoupled from the floor when on a Subdude.

Yeah I would tend to listen to the manufacturer rather than take the advice of hobbyists myself included. There is no one size fits all in this game and the requirements of a speaker are very different than that of a turntable. Take REL's advice. 

While I suppose that REL knows what's best for REL, those theories may not be universally applicable. I have a pair of JL Audio e110 subs up on Isoacoustics pucks. They still shake the floor when they should, but with less boom and overhang. There's no substitute for experimenting. 

Suppose all of REL's employees live in houses and not apartments/condos. 

been with rel subs over the years

that they know what they are doing, and how to very successfully employ their subs, is not worth debating

not to say there aren’t other subs, other methods - i have tried velodyne, hsu, svs, even a wilson benesch... always come back to rel pairs

for high order 2 channel music, they have been, are, and will continue to be my go-to...