Subwoofer Footing - Connect or Isolate?

Another shout out the SVS SoundPath feet.  A bargain @ $50 ea.  

Question:  Why would a manufacturer build and sell a product that will not work optimally with the feet supplied knowing that a bad review can kill sales.  If you have to spend $200 + to make their product work properly shouldn't they tell you that up front?  They know that very few people would have a perfect environment.

If I were a sub maker, I would make sure my feet were the best and then advertise that you have to spend $xxx with other subs to match my subs performance.  Reviewers would jump on that and make comparisons.

Old P.T. Barnum was right!

Not a single subwoofer manufacturer offers springs for their subs. But hey, what do they know about subs anyway. SMH.

The only component that may benefit from a sprung suspension is a turntable. That also happens to be the only component offered with suspension. 

A sub (and every speaker known to man) is best served by being spiked onto a firm surface like a floor.

"Why would a manufacturer build and sell a product that will not work optimally with the feet supplied knowing that a bad review can kill sales. "

barjohn-you are on an audio site. Audiophoolery  is the name of the game here.

There is no product that doesn't need to be tweaked, cryo'ed, fused, retubed, cabled, sprung...etc.

After you do  all those things, you start a forum thread titled: "what's best, digital or analog?"

"Why?" To keep the price down and give people options. I use the soundpath feet because I have wood floors, I don't want to make a plinth for a huge sub and I don't want it walking across the floor. Various reasons people make their choices...