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First impressions of the Isoacoustic Gaia 1’s

On my KEF Reference 5’s.

While I normally hear little to no change with “Tweaks”, I installed them Saturday evening and found immediate spatial differences. Just about every album sounded more open. I told my wife, who helped me install the Gaia’s,  that if I wasn’t wowed, I’d send them back.

The room has wall to wall carpet and pad on the floor and when  I first received the Reference 5’s, they sounded flat. I put small hardwood flooring samples under them and it helped a little.  I then put a small slab of granite under each of them and they became much nicer to listen to. I was quite surprised at the change. 
The Gaia 1’s are sitting on the granite as well and so far, I’m very happy. 

It’s only been a few days, but I’m pretty sure they are “hear” to stay.

Anyone else have similar experience’s with speaker. Isolation?

JD

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celtic66
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havocman may well be correct.  The Townshend platforms seem quite credible, as pointed out they are three times the price of Gaia footers but may well outperform them.  The point here is simply that the Gaia footers are credible and worth the price of admission.

I've run them on two pairs of floor standers with great affect.  BTW, the carpet spikes used in conjunction with the footers provides even more improvement. Nice discussion.

 

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bdp24
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I guess I’ll say it again, though perhaps again to no avail ;-) . The Townshend Podium cost multiples the price of the IsoAcoustics GAIA II and III (though not the GAIA I), but a set of Townshend Seismic Pods doesn’t. In fact, a set of 4 Pods costs less than a set of GAIA II, and far less than a set of GAIA I.

marqmike
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Thanks Bdp24. I have the Gaia III on one set of speakers and they were a nice improvement on carpet over concrete in my basement. And so I wanted the Gaia II on my other speakers also. Now I will get the pods and make my own out riggers. Nice and sounds like better option.

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jafant
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bdp24

 

Excellent! I recently added an Esoteric DV-50 to my collection. Great minds think alike.  How do you like the IsoAcoustics under the player?

 

Happy Listening!

mitch2
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And a set of springs cost about 10 percent as much as a set of pods, for those who don’t want to spend $1K on 8 pods.

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