hi Tom and Jafant, this thread gets better and better. thank you all so much. I would, from my experience with both brass feet from mapleshade, and the GAIA feet, try them in your system. i liked the brass feet a lot, and my girlfriend preferred them over the GAIA, but i like the openness and extra dimensionality that the sound had with the GAIA. I preferred both to the stock feet. For what it is worth, Harry Weisfield of VPI uses the GAIA under his KEF blades.