The reviewer sounds a little tongue tied. I can easily imagine there might have been some mistakes in set up. No offense.
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/
http://www.audiostream.com/content/isoacoustics-gaia-isolation-pucks#IVXH8EtVAjQdwbuj.97
http://www.isoacoustics.com/products/gaia-series/gaia-i/
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@avhifidelity ,Did you install the Gaias per the instructions? The logo should be EXACTLY facing forward or backward. Did you tighten the nuts? Ironically Focals floor standers are the most widely used ones in Gaia demos.My experience is different than yours. In my case, the imaging tightened up and the bass gained tightness. But the most significant change was a "naturalness" to the sound. |
Yes, the logo is facing the front on all footers and nuts tighten. The speakers are on Berber carpet, which is low profile carpet... not sure if using Gaia carpet spikes would make much of a difference. By the way, I did check out some of the comparisons on You Tube. Check out this one, which is I think what Jim Austin at Stereophile commented, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SiloqE18DQ. This is very similar to the difference I’m hearing on the Focal1038BE. I would be curious to know the experience of others in comparing to this demo, if you are hearing much greater sound difference. |
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