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Isoacoustics Gaia Speaker Footers

Replacing the spikes in my Soundocity outriggers (Soundocity made me a set of outriggers with threaded holes) with the Isoacoustics Gaia 2 footers has improved the sound of my Merlin VSM speakers.  They now sound more open and articulate than with any combination of Z-feet or other spikes, with or without outriggers, on the floor or on a platform, that I've tried.  Like the Townshend products the Gaia footers completely decouple the speakers from the floor, allowing them to float.  See:

http://www.audiostream.com/content/isoacoustics-gaia-isolation-pucks#IVXH8EtVAjQdwbuj.97     

http://www.isoacoustics.com/products/gaia-series/gaia-i/


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milpai
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Forgot to mention that I do not have the spikes. The footers are on a thick granite slab. They have suction-like property. Once placed on the granite, you have to pull up the speakers hard. The footers then come off the granite with a "pop" sound. So, you really cannot change the speaker positioning once you attach them to the speakers.
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milpai
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Listening to Beatles Past Master Disc 1, "This Boy". Very very strange that the right vocals seems to come from 2 feet (on the right) beyond the speakers and couple of feet behind. But the music (no vocals) from the left speaker seems to come thought the left speakers - no changes there. Sorry for gushing out. Will stop now and focus on music :-)
mcondo
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Milpai, what footers were you using prior to the Gaia's. I've always wanted to try some footers on my Proac's but have stuck with Herbies gliders for ease of moving. $ is an issue, however. 
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twoleftears
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Normally you see Gaias attached to floorstanders.  I keep wondering how they would work on standmounts.  Would you put them on the feet of the stands, or at the interface between the speaker and the top of the stand?  Would they be as effective, or would benefits be reduced?  Hmmm.
lancelock
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@twoleftears

I have them on my TAD ME-1 stand mount speakers. They work great on the bottom of the stands.
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